Perl docs address for FSF out of date

All,

I've noticed a small but pervasive issue that affects many
CPAN 
distros, including Perl itself.

A lot of them are shipping with references to and/or copies
of the 
FSF's GPL license that specifies a physical mailing address
for the 
FSF that is out of date.  No less than 2 years ago, the FSF
moved to 
a Franklin Street address, but lots of currently released
distros 
still say they are at Temple Place.

See the footer of their web site ( http://fsf.org ) for details.

I'm assuming this is because most people didn't notice the
change, 
and so I'm pointing it out to you.

I strongly recommend that the current Perl 5.8.x and 5.9.x
in version 
control would have their relevant documentation updated to
show the 
new address.

At the very least, this includes Perl's "README"
file.

Then any subsequent CPAN releases (5.8.9 and/or 5.9.5) will
be up to 
date in this regard.

It is important because some distros, including the Perl
README, say 
to go to the FSF for a copy of the GPL, but it is harder to
do this 
if the supplied address to go to is incorrect (I'm ignoring
the fact 
that nearly everyone would go to the web address, which
still works).

But besides that, the fact that the address is wrong is a
documentation bug.

Thank you. -- Darren Duncan

On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 04:02:58PM -0800, Darren Duncan
wrote:
> All,
> 
> I've noticed a small but pervasive issue that affects
many CPAN 
> distros, including Perl itself.
> 
> A lot of them are shipping with references to and/or
copies of the 
> FSF's GPL license that specifies a physical mailing
address for the 
> FSF that is out of date.  No less than 2 years ago, the
FSF moved to 
> a Franklin Street address, but lots of currently
released distros 
> still say they are at Temple Place.

Thanks for this report

> At the very least, this includes Perl's
"README" file.

I have changed everything that references the old address
except the file
"Copying", which I can't without breaching the
FSF's copyright:

		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
		     Version 1, February 1989

 Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307, USA
 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim
copies
 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.



We're not sure how it got this way, but the Copying file is
GPL v1, whereas
the reference copy pod/perlgpl.pod is v2. I updated that
without breaching
FSF copyright by finding a copy of GPL v2 from the fsf site,
which has the
new address. Curiously it also has some clear y2k fixes that
differ from
Perl's historical copy, yet it's still only:


                    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




All licences are equal, but some licences are more equal
than others.
This unsettles me.

Nicholas Clark