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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2017-12-28 16:27:18 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-01-06 18:59:24 +0100
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parentLICENSES: Add the BSD-3-clause "Clear" license (diff)
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LICENSES: Add the MIT license
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 <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com> Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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+Valid-License-Identifier: MIT
+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
+Usage-Guide:
+ To use the MIT License put the following SPDX tag/value pair into a
+ comment according to the placement guidelines in the licensing rules
+ documentation:
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+License-Text:
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.