I suggest to update GNU licenses (at least GPL-*, LGPL-*, AGPL-*, FDL-*) to versions currently available in https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ page. Changes are small, usually in URLs or whitespace. Examples: --- gentoo/licenses/GPL-3 +++ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 - Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> + Copyright (C) 2007 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. @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + 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. @@ -664,11 +664,11 @@ You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see -<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. The GNU 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 Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But first, please read -<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>. +<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>. --- gentoo/licenses/LGPL-3 +++ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 - Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> + Copyright (C) 2007 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. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below. - 0. Additional Definitions. + 0. Additional Definitions. As used herein, "this License" refers to version 3 of the GNU Lesser General Public License, and the "GNU GPL" refers to version 3 of the GNU @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ a copy of the Library already present on the user's computer system, and (b) will operate properly with a modified version of the Library that is interface-compatible with the Linked - Version. + Version. e) Provide Installation Information, but only if you would otherwise be required to provide such information under section 6 of the
I don't think that we should add spurious trailing whitespace to these files. Rather file a bug upstream so that they fix it there.
(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #1) > I don't think that we should add spurious trailing whitespace to these files. > > Rather file a bug upstream so that they fix it there. You are misreading diffs. I have not presented any changes made by me, but changes made by upstream. Upstream has deleted trailing whitespace and changed http to https in URLs, but old contents of these files are still in gentoo repository.
Created attachment 558404 [details, diff] Diff for FDL-1.3 At least for FDL-1.3 I see some trailing whitespace added, see attachment.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6a1629775398c0b5c4b5444835da3910ecaf998a commit 6a1629775398c0b5c4b5444835da3910ecaf998a Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-12-23 12:44:55 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-12-23 12:49:56 +0000 licenses: Sync GNU licenses from upstream. Not all whitespace changes have been applied, because the new upstream versions add spurious end-of-line spaces in some cases. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/673604 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> licenses/AGPL-3 | 6 ++-- licenses/FDL-1.1 | 8 ++--- licenses/FDL-1.2 | 6 ++-- licenses/FDL-1.3 | 4 +-- licenses/GPL-1 | 18 +++++------ licenses/GPL-2 | 35 ++++++++++---------- licenses/GPL-2-with-MySQL-FLOSS-exception | 35 ++++++++++---------- licenses/GPL-2-with-exceptions | 35 ++++++++++---------- licenses/GPL-2-with-font-exception | 53 ++++++++++++++++--------------- licenses/GPL-2-with-linking-exception | 35 ++++++++++---------- licenses/GPL-3 | 8 ++--- licenses/GPL-3-with-font-exception | 22 +++++++------ licenses/GPL-3-with-openssl-exception | 8 ++--- licenses/LGPL-2 | 21 ++++++------ licenses/LGPL-2-with-linking-exception | 14 ++++---- licenses/LGPL-2.1 | 20 ++++++------ licenses/LGPL-3 | 8 ++--- licenses/LGPL-3-with-linking-exception | 2 +- 18 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 169 deletions(-)
