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    checkpatch: only flag FSF address, not gnu.org URL · 109d8cb2
    Alexander Duyck authored
    This change restricts the check for the for the FSF address in the GPL
    copyright statement so that it only flags the address, not the
    references to the gnu.org/licenses URL which appears to be used in
    numerous drivers.  The idea is to still allow some reference to an
    external copy of the GPL in the event that files are copied out of the
    kernel tree without the COPYING file.
    
    So for example this statement will still return an error:
      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
      Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
    
    However, this statement will not return an error after this patch:
      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
      along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
    
    >.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
    Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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