Re: Official GPLv2 still has FSF's postal address

[Ian Kelling]

Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> writes:

> While checking into something else I noticed that the official archive
> copy of the GPLv2 [
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html ] still refers
> to "51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA".  As
> I understand it this is still the correct postal address for the FSF,
> but the GPLv3 has dropped the postal address entirely, in favor of the
> URL <https://fsf.org/>.  Should the GPLv2 be changed to match?
>
> (not sure if this is the ideal mailing list to send this to, but it
> seems at least close)

You can send the suggestion to licensing@fsf.org. Note, gplv3 has a
gnu.org address, not fsf.org.

My intuition is that it's not a good idea because it adds another
variation for people and tools to deal with, adding more work and
complexity, and I don't think there is any real problem with the
existing text. People know they can look things up online and the
current text has the benefit of informing people about a way of getting
the license they probably didn't know about. If the FSF office moved
again, that would be a good time to consider it.

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