Old licences have been modified, because FSF postal address was changed: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-09/msg00000.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 <t...@linutronix.de> (maintainer:LICENSES and SPDX stuff) Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> (maintainer:LICENSES and SPDX stuff) Cc: LINUX SPDX ML <linux-s...@vger.kernel.org> (open list:LICENSES and SPDX stuff) Cc: LINUX KERNEL ML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> (open list) Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazq...@gmail.com> --- 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 + <https://fsf.org/> 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 + <https://fsf.org/> 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 + <https://fsf.org/> + 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 ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. - END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS - - Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs + END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS + + Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to humanity, the best way to achieve this is to make it @@ -227,8 +228,8 @@ the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the 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, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. @@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ necessary. Here a sample; alter the names: program `Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes at assemblers) written by James Hacker. - <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 - Ty Coon, President of Vice + <signature of Moe Ghoul>, 1 April 1989 + Moe Ghoul, President of Vice That's all there is to it! diff --git a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 index ff0812fd89cc..9829bf39a74a 100644 --- a/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 @@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ Usage-Guide: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later License-Text: - GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2, June 1991 + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + Version 2, June 1991 - Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc., + <https://fsf.org/> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. - Preamble + Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by -the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to +the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not @@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. 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 applies to any program or other work which contains @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.) - + These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. - + 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ impose that choice. This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a consequence of the rest of this License. - + 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ 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 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN @@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. - END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS - - How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs + END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS + + How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it @@ -322,10 +322,8 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 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, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA - + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along + with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. @@ -349,11 +347,11 @@ necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. - <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 - Ty Coon, President of Vice + <signature of Moe Ghoul>, 1 April 1989 + Moe Ghoul, President of Vice This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the -library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General +library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. -- 2.49.0
