On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 11:43 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Kernel maintainers reject new instances of the GPL boilerplate paragraph
> directing people to write to the FSF for a copy of the GPL, since the
> FSF has moved in the past and may do so again.
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -1859,6 +1859,16 @@ sub process {
> $rpt_cleaners = 1;
> }
>
> +# Check for FSF mailing addresses.
> + if ($rawline =~ /You should have received a copy/ ||
There are over 9,000 of these in the tree.
> + $rawline =~ /write to the Free Software/ ||
Over 7,000
> + $rawline =~ /59 Temple Place/ ||
Over 3,500
> + $rawline =~ /51 Franklin Street/) {
Over 1,500
> + my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
> + ERROR("FSF_MAILING_ADDRESS",
> + "Do not include the paragraph about writing to
> the Free Software Foundation's mailing address from the sample GPL notice.
> The FSF has changed addresses in the past, and may do so again. Linux already
> includes a copy of the GPL.\n" . $herevet)
Is this really a useful ERROR condition?
Maybe a CHK --strict test or a warning instead?
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