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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: replace FSF address with web source in license notices
Am 14.11.2017 10:49 schrieb Michal Hocko:
> On Tue 14-11-17 10:44:38, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
>> A few years ago the FSF moved and "59 Temple Place" is wrong. Having
>> this
>> still in our source files feels old and unmaintained.
>>
>> Let's take the license statement serious and not confuse users.
>>
>> As https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html suggests, we replace
>> the
>> postal address with "<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>" in the mm
>> directory.
>
> Why to change this now? Isn't there a general plan to move to SPDX?

Shouldn't a move to SPDX only be additions to what we currently have?
That's
at least what the "reuse" project suggests, see
https://reuse.software/practices/
with "Don’t remove existing headers, but only add to them."

thanks

martin

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