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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.