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[PATCH v2 5/5] GPL-2.0: update to byte-for-byte match the FSF's version

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 5, 2021, 17:01 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-v2-5.5-6fe2e601b13-20211005T170031Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-v2-0.5-00000000000-20211005T170031Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Retrieve current version of the GPL-2.0 file from https://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt. This is a whitespace-only change, but yields the following SHA-1 and SHA-256 hashes, which as an online seach will show are the well-known canonical hashes of this file:

    4cc77b90af91e615a64ae04893fdffa7939db84c  GPL-2.0
    8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  GPL-2.0
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 GPL-2.0 | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/GPL-2.0 b/GPL-2.0
index d511905c164..d159169d105 100644
--- a/GPL-2.0
+++ b/GPL-2.0
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-		    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 Street, 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.
 
-			    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
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ 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
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ 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
+                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
-	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
+            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
-- 
2.33.0.1441.gbbcdb4c3c66
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  1. 0/5 COPYING: modernize, steal boilerplate from linux.gitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  2. 1/5 "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smallerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysOct 4, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2021
  5. 2/5 tests: stop using top-level "README" and "COPYING" filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  6. 3/5 COPYING: remove mention of GPLv3, clarify sub-project COPYINGÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2021
  8. 5/5 GPL-2.0: update to byte-for-byte match the FSF's versionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  9. 4/5 COPYING: move GPL text to a "GPL-2.0" fileÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  10. Han-Wen NienhuysOct 4, 2021
  11. 0/5 COPYING: modernize, steal boilerplate from linux.gitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  12. 2/5 tests: stop using top-level "README" and "COPYING" filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  13. 1/5 "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smallerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  14. 3/5 COPYING: remove mention of GPLv3, clarify sub-project COPYINGÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  15. 5/5 GPL-2.0: update to byte-for-byte match the FSF's versionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  16. 4/5 COPYING: move GPL text to a "GPL-2.0" fileÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  17. 0/2 tests: stop relying on top-level COPYING and READMEÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 15, 2021
  18. 2/2 tests: stop using top-level "README" and "COPYING" filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 15, 2021
  19. 1/2 "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smallerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 15, 2021
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 15, 2021

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