From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754639AbdKNJzp convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:55:45 -0500 Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:54436 "EHLO mout02.posteo.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753449AbdKNJzk (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:55:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:55:35 +0100 From: Martin Kepplinger To: Michal Hocko Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: replace FSF address with web source in license notices In-Reply-To: <20171114094946.owfohzm5iplttdw6@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20171114094438.28224-1-martink@posteo.de> <20171114094946.owfohzm5iplttdw6@dhcp22.suse.cz> Message-ID: <21c380cbf6a51b6823a1707b0d16b25e@posteo.de> User-Agent: Posteo Webmail Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 "" 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