Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF GFDL/GPL licences

2025-06-21 Thread Xose Vazquez Perez 

On 6/21/25 9:20 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:


You also changed whitespace and some terms, and did not describe that
here, why?

This license text comes from the SPDX repo, why not use that instead?

Or better yet, _JUST_ change the address, if that is correct with what
the FSF has published, and that's it.  Unneeded whitespace issues are
not a good idea and not needed at all.

>
> Please don't reformat everything for no good reason.  Let's stick with
> what spdx has as that is what everyone has agreed on.


I did not touch a single byte of the original gnu.org licences.

Just deleted the text of the licence from the Linux file, wget it from gnu.org,
cat to the file, and did the patch. Plain and simple.

If there are any inconsistencies, they were already present in the Linux files,
and/or spdx.org.

I do not like to change any part of legal texts from the original source.
Even control character cleanups (^L, ^M, TAB, ...).

Thanks for your time, but I am not going to do it.

Re: [PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF GFDL/GPL licences

2025-06-21 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman 
On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 03:21:13AM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Old licences have been modified, because FSF postal address was changed:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-09/msg0.html
> https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-office-closing-party
> https://www.fsf.org/about/contact/mailing
> 
> Just "cut and paste" from original sources:
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.1.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-1.0.txt
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
> 
> Relevant change: postal address was replaced with an URL.

You also changed whitespace and some terms, and did not describe that
here, why?

This license text comes from the SPDX repo, why not use that instead?

Or better yet, _JUST_ change the address, if that is correct with what
the FSF has published, and that's it.  Unneeded whitespace issues are
not a good idea and not needed at all.

thanks,

greg k-h

[PATCH 1/2] LICENSES: refresh FSF GFDL/GPL licences

2025-06-20 Thread Xose Vazquez Perez 
Old licences have been modified, because FSF postal address was changed:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-09/msg0.html
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-office-closing-party
https://www.fsf.org/about/contact/mailing

Just "cut and paste" from original sources:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.1.txt
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.txt
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-1.0.txt
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

Relevant change: postal address was replaced with an URL.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner  (maintainer:LICENSES and SPDX stuff)
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman  (maintainer:LICENSES and 
SPDX stuff)
Cc: LINUX SPDX ML  (open list:LICENSES and SPDX 
stuff)
Cc: LINUX KERNEL ML  (open list)
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez 
---
 LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1 |  2 +-
 LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2 |  2 +-
 LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0  | 33 ++--
 LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0   | 42 +---
 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1
index ae62699ab62c..d7a524f602a4 100644
--- a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1
+++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ License-Text:
Version 1.1, March 2000
 
  Copyright (C) 2000  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ 
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2
index b97e99a11d37..5e8fff04af05 100644
--- a/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2
+++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/GFDL-1.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ License-Text:
 
 
  Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ 
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
diff --git a/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
index 3a4fa969e4c2..78de6cce6347 100644
--- a/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
+++ b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ Usage-Guide:
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+
 License-Text:
 
-   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
-Version 1, February 1989
+GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ Version 1, February 1989
 
  Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
+
+
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
-   Preamble
+Preamble
 
   The license agreements of most software companies try to keep users
 at the mercy of those companies.  By contrast, our General Public
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ authors' reputations.
 
   The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
 modification follow.
-
-   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
 
   0. This License Agreement applies to any program or other work which
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ it, and copy and distribute such modifications under the 
terms of Paragraph
 Mere aggregation of another independent work with the Program (or its
 derivative) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring
 the other work under the scope of these terms.
-
+
   3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a portion or derivative of
 it, under Paragraph 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
 Paragraphs 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ Program), the recipient automatically receives a license 
from the original
 licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these
 terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further restrictions on the
 recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
-
+
   7. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
 of the General Public License from time to time.  Such new versions will
 be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ make exceptions for this.  Our decision will be guided by 
the two goals
 of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
 of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
 
-   NO WARRANTY
+NO WARRANTY
 
   9. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
 FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
@@ -199,9 +200,9 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE 
WITH A