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+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.
+
+All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.