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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/howto.rst | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/license-rules.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index 130bf0f48875..dcb25f94188e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ of doing things. Legal Issues ------------ -The Linux kernel source code is released under the GPL. Please see the -file, COPYING, in the main directory of the source tree, for details on -the license. If you have further questions about the license, please -contact a lawyer, and do not ask on the Linux kernel mailing list. The -people on the mailing lists are not lawyers, and you should not rely on -their statements on legal matters. +The Linux kernel source code is released under the GPL. Please see the file +COPYING in the main directory of the source tree. The Linux kernel licensing +rules and how to use `SPDX <https://spdx.org/>`_ identifiers in source code are +descibed in :ref:`Documentation/process/license-rules.rst <kernel_licensing>`. +If you have further questions about the license, please contact a lawyer, and do +not ask on the Linux kernel mailing list. The people on the mailing lists are +not lawyers, and you should not rely on their statements on legal matters. For common questions and answers about the GPL, please see: diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst index 37bd0628b6ee..c0b3bd25dbae 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Below are the essential guides that every developer should read. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + license-rules howto code-of-conflict development-process diff --git a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst index 8ea26325fe3f..2bb8c0fc2238 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. _kernel_licensing: + Linux kernel licensing rules ============================ |