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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 13:14:44 +0000
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+The project util-linux doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
+There is code under:
+
+ * GPL-3.0-or-later - GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+
+ * GPL-2.0-or-later - GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version
+
+ * GPL-2.0 - GNU General Public License version 2
+
+ * LGPL-2.1-or-later - GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 or any later version
+
+ * BSD-3-Clause - BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
+
+ * BSD-4-Clause-UC - BSD 4-Clause University of California-Specific
+
+ * Public Domain
+
+Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
+of each source file.
+
+The ./COPYING file (GPL-2.0-or-later) is the default license for code without
+an explicitly defined license.
+