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| title: License |
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| <h2>Linux kernel backports license</h2> |
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| This work is a subset of the Linux kernel as such we keep the kernel's |
| Copyright practice. Some files have their own copyright and in those |
| cases the license is mentioned in the file. All additional work made |
| to building this package is licensed under the GPLv2. |
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| <h2>Backporting preference for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and proprietary drivers</h2> |
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| The Linux kernel backports framework was designed by intent since its inception *only* for upstream |
| Linux kernel drivers to avoid excuses about the difficulty to support upstream |
| Linux kernel development while also supporting users on older kernels. To |
| ensure the intent is respected currently all symbols that we do work on to |
| backport are exported via EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() as we do work to backport them |
| for the supported kernels. By using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() we make it *clear* that |
| if you use the backported symbols your software *is* considered derivative |
| works of the Linux kernel. |
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| <h2>Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1</h2> |
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| Linux backports relies on the 'Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1', for more details refer to [https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/backports/hacking#Sending_patches the submitting patches documentation]. |
