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Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier. Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200206154800.GA3754085@kroah.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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The Linux Kernel is provided under:
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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note
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Being under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only,
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according with:
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LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
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With an explicit syscall exception, as stated at:
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LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note
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In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
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Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
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for more details.
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All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
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