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| -rw-r--r-- | COPYING.new | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/license-rules.rst | 20 |
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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. - -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:: +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. + +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 |