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 <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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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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The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public
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License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as published by the Free Software
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Foundation, and provided in the COPYING file. This documentation file is
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not meant to replace the COPYING file, but provides a description of how
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each source file should be annotated to make the licensing it is governed
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under clear and unambiguous.
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License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as provided in LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0,
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with an explicit syscall exception described in
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LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file.
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The license in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source as a whole,
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though individual source files can have a different license which is
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required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0::
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This documentation file provides a description of how each source file
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should be annotated to make its license clear and unambiguous.
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It doesn't replace the Kernel's license.
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The license described in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source
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as a whole, though individual source files can have a different license
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which is required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0::
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GPL-1.0+ : GNU General Public License v1.0 or later
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GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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