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| author | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-08 15:24:36 -0400 |
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| committer | Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-10-08 15:24:36 -0400 |
| commit | f3216be1efae259f0551c744f03f7195640573e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d97f6604a3f16ad1d5439126665f0ff12bed59c /wiki/License.mediawiki | |
| parent | 96836ca0c23f0f5eb766cfe0a39a72a3bc216f2a (diff) | |
| download | backports-master.tar.gz | |
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/wiki/License.mediawiki b/wiki/License.mediawiki deleted file mode 100644 index 5dbf5ca..0000000 --- a/wiki/License.mediawiki +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: License ---- - - -<h2>Linux kernel backports license</h2> - -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. - -<h2>Backporting preference for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and proprietary drivers</h2> - -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. - -<h2>Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1</h2> - -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].
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