Commit 88de995c authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by Jonathan Corbet

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: 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>
parent aebb47d4
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.
...@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ Linux kernel licensing rules ...@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ Linux kernel licensing rules
============================ ============================
The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public 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 License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as provided in LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0,
Foundation, and provided in the COPYING file. This documentation file is with an explicit syscall exception described in
not meant to replace the COPYING file, but provides a description of how LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file.
each source file should be annotated to make the licensing it is governed
under clear and unambiguous. This documentation file provides a description of how each source file
should be annotated to make its license clear and unambiguous.
The license in the COPYING file applies to the kernel source as a whole, It doesn't replace the Kernel's license.
though individual source files can have a different license which is
required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0:: 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-1.0+ : GNU General Public License v1.0 or later
GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later GPL-2.0+ : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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