Add the full text of the GPL 2.0 license to the kernel tree. It was
copied directly from:
https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html#licenseText
Add the required tags for reference and tooling.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner
Reviewed-by: Greg KH
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne
---
LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 | 342 +
1 file changed, 342 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 LICENSES/GPL-2.0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
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+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 // GPLv2 only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ // GPLv2 or later
+LICENSE-URL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-standalone.html
+LICENSE-URL: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html
+
+
+GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+Version 2, June 1991
+
+Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+
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