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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -03001The Linux Kernel is provided under:
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -03003 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -03005Being under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only,
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -03008 LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -030010With an explicit syscall exception, as stated at:
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -030012 LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -030014In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -030016 Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
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Mauro Carvalho Chehabbf02d492018-03-23 06:51:06 -030018for more details.