[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH] update FSF address to current one

Tanu Kaskinen tanu.kaskinen at linux.intel.com
Wed Nov 26 04:51:14 PST 2014


On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 12:39 +0100, Ondrej Holecek wrote:
> 2014-11-26 11:19 GMT+01:00 Peter Meerwald <pmeerw at pmeerw.net>:
> >
> >> FSF address used in PA sources are no longer valid ones and rpmlint
> >> generates numerous warnings during packaging because of this.
> >> This patch changes all FSF addresses to valid one according to FSF web
> >> page.
> >
> > I'd prefer removing the address paragraph entirely
> 
> I have no problem with that, but is it legal? Doesn't GPL mandate some
> header like that?

FSF actually nowadays prefers[1] a URL instead of a postal address: "You
should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."

[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

-- 
Tanu



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