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    COPYING: create a new file with points to the Kernel license files · 88de995c
    Mauro Carvalho Chehab authored
    
    
    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: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
    88de995c
    COPYING: create a new file with points to the Kernel license files
    Mauro Carvalho Chehab authored
    
    
    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: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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