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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2017-12-28 16:27:19 +0100 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2018-01-06 10:59:33 -0700 |
commit | e00a844acab39a2780d4dec6fae6e55de5240f15 (patch) | |
tree | 145e850e45c2d37232ccf60ef5781c526bdfbfdf /LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note | |
parent | 106b47ff9ac173f2638239b9ac2f6d6737a34edf (diff) | |
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LICENSES: Add Linux syscall note exception
Copied from the Linux kernel COPYING file.
Add the required tags for reference and tooling.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note b/LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6b60b61be4e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +SPDX-Exception-Identifier: Linux-syscall-note +SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/Linux-syscall-note.html +SPDX-Licenses: GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0+, GPL-1.0+, LGPL-2.0, LGPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1, LGPL-2.1+ +Usage-Guide: + This exception is used together with one of the above SPDX-Licenses + to mark user space API (uapi) header files so they can be included + into non GPL compliant user space application code. + To use this exception add it with the keyword WITH to one of the + identifiers in the SPDX-Licenses tag: + SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX-License> WITH Linux-syscall-note +License-Text: + + NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel + services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use + of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". + Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software + Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux + kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. + + Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel + is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not + v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. + + Linus Torvalds + |