[PATCH 02/12] linux-headers: replace FSF postal address with licenses URL

Sean Wei posted 12 patches 5 months ago
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[PATCH 02/12] linux-headers: replace FSF postal address with licenses URL
Posted by Sean Wei 5 months ago
The GPLv2 boiler-plate in asm-arm/kvm.h and asm-powerpc/kvm.h still
contained the obsolete "51 Franklin Street" postal address.

Replace it with the canonical GNU licenses URL recommended by the FSF:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/

Signed-off-by: Sean Wei <me@sean.taipei>
---
 linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h     | 4 ++--
 linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h b/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h
index 0db5644e27..a8bb1aa42a 100644
--- a/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h
+++ b/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #ifndef __ARM_KVM_H__
diff --git a/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h b/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h
index eaeda00178..83faa7fae3 100644
--- a/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h
+++ b/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corp. 2007
  *
-- 
2.49.0
Re: [PATCH 02/12] linux-headers: replace FSF postal address with licenses URL
Posted by Thomas Huth 4 months, 3 weeks ago
On 13/06/2025 18.38, Sean Wei wrote:
> The GPLv2 boiler-plate in asm-arm/kvm.h and asm-powerpc/kvm.h still
> contained the obsolete "51 Franklin Street" postal address.
> 
> Replace it with the canonical GNU licenses URL recommended by the FSF:
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Wei <me@sean.taipei>
> ---
>   linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h     | 4 ++--
>   linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h | 4 ++--
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h b/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h
> index 0db5644e27..a8bb1aa42a 100644
> --- a/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h
> +++ b/linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h
> @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
>    * GNU General Public License for more details.
>    *
>    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> - * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
> + * along with this program; if not, see
> + * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>    */
>   
>   #ifndef __ARM_KVM_H__
> diff --git a/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h b/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h
> index eaeda00178..83faa7fae3 100644
> --- a/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h
> +++ b/linux-headers/asm-powerpc/kvm.h
> @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
>    * GNU General Public License for more details.
>    *
>    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> - * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> - * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
> + * along with this program; if not, see
> + * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>    *
>    * Copyright IBM Corp. 2007
>    *

This also has to be fixed in the Linux kernel first, otherwise the changes 
will be reverted when someone runs the scripts/update-linux-headers.sh 
script. Sorry, I should have mentioned that in the 
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2974 ticket, but I missed it, 
sorry!

  Thomas