From 88de995ccf48acaf4eced7ef485118b6bc65b880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:51:05 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] COPYING: create a new file with points to the Kernel license files With the addition of SPDX patchset, the contents of COPYING file is now duplicated at two other files under LICENSE: LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note It is easy to check that the contents of the licence written on those files are identical with COPYING using: $ diff -upr COPYING LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 $ diff -upr COPYING LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note|less Also, a new file was added, with describes how SPDX should work at the Kernel source files: Documentation/process/license-rules.rst Instead fo having it copying the contents of two files, and not even mentioning the third one, replace it by a file whose content points to the other tree files, preserving the Kernel's license. Adjust license-rules.rst accordingly. Please notice that this file preserves the Kernel license as is, without any changes. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- COPYING.new | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/process/license-rules.rst | 18 ++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 COPYING.new diff --git a/COPYING.new b/COPYING.new new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..da4cb28febe6 --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYING.new @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +The Linux Kernel is provided under: + + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note + +Being under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, +according with: + + LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 + +With an explicit syscall exception, as stated at: + + LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note + +In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see: + + Documentation/process/license-rules.rst + +for more details. diff --git a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst index 408f77dc6157..8ea26325fe3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst @@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ Linux kernel licensing rules ============================ The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public -License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as published by the Free Software -Foundation, and provided in the COPYING file. This documentation file is -not meant to replace the COPYING file, but provides a description of how -each source file should be annotated to make the licensing it is governed -under clear and unambiguous. +License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as provided in LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0, +with an explicit syscall exception described in +LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file. -The license in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source as a whole, -though individual source files can have a different license which is -required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0:: +This documentation file provides a description of how each source file +should be annotated to make its license clear and unambiguous. +It doesn't replace the Kernel's license. + +The license described in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source +as a whole, though individual source files can have a different license +which is required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0:: GPL-1.0+ : GNU General Public License v1.0 or later GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later