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@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ Linux kernel licensing rules
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The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public
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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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-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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+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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+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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+
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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-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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GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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