kernel/linux.git/LICENSES/preferred, branch v6.19.12

LICENSES: Add modern form of the LGPL-2.1 tags to the usage guide section

2025-10-22T05:58:19+00:00

The modern forms of the LGPL-2.1 tags have already been added as valid a long time ago, see commit bc128349588d5 ("LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers"). However, the information is still missing in the "Usage-Guide" section, so it can currently be confusing whether these tags are allowed in new files or not. Thus add the tags to the usage guide section, too, to make this clear (similar to what we do in the GPL-2.0 file already). Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

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