kernel/linux.git/LICENSES/preferred, branch v6.18.22

LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.1

2025-07-24T09:15:39+00:00

The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest revisions of their LGPL-2.1 license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the LGPL-2.0

2025-07-24T09:15:39+00:00

The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest revisions of their LGPL-2.0 license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.txt Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GPL-2.0

2025-07-24T09:15:39+00:00

The FSF does not reside in the Franklin street anymore. Let's update the address with the link to their website, as suggested in the latest revisions of their GPL-2.0 license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers

2021-12-16T13:33:10+00:00

Some files have been flagged with the new LGPL-2.1-or-later identifier which replace the original LGPL-2.1+ in the SPDX license identifier specification, but the identifiers are not mentioned as valid in the LGPL-2.1 license file. Add it, together with the LGPL-2.1-only at the the license file. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/12f38ebde4dcd8b1ecbd37df1b6ce2018426f6dd.1639657049.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

LICENSES/GPL2.0: Add GPL-2.0-only/or-later as valid identifiers

2018-04-27T22:38:59+00:00

Quite some files have been flagged with the new GPL-2.0-only and GPL-2.0-or-later identifiers which replace the original GPL-2.0 and GPL-2.0+ identifiers in the SPDX license identifier specification, but the identifiers are not mentioned as valid in the GPL-2.0 license file. Add them to the license file and to the Linux-syscall-note exception to make everything consistent again. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

LICENSES: Add the MIT license

2018-01-06T17:59:24+00:00

Add the full text of the MIT license to the kernel tree. It was copied directly from: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html#licenseText Add the required tags for reference and tooling. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

LICENSES: Add the BSD-3-clause "Clear" license

2018-01-06T17:59:12+00:00

Add the full text of the BSD 3-clause "Clear" License to the kernel tree. It was copied directly from: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Clear.html Add the required tags for reference and tooling. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

LICENSES: Add the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

2018-01-06T17:59:00+00:00

Add the full text of the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License to the kernel tree. It was copied directly from: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html#licenseText Add the required tags for reference and tooling. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

LICENSES: Add the BSD 2-clause "Simplified" license

2018-01-06T17:58:55+00:00

Add the full text of the BSD 2-clause "Simplified" license to the kernel tree. It was copied directly from: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html#licenseText Add the required tags for reference and tooling. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

LICENSES: Add the LGPL-2.1 license

2018-01-06T17:58:40+00:00

Add the full text of the LGPL 2.1 license to the kernel tree. It was copied directly from: https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1.html#licenseText Add the required tags for reference and tooling. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet