linux-kernel - Re: license of string

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Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:55:40 +0000
From:	James Bottomley <jbottomley@...allels.com>
To:	"Shevchenko, Andriy" <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: license of string_helpers module

On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 16:43 +0000, Shevchenko, Andriy wrote:
> Hello, James.
> 
> Could you please share what is the License applied to the
> lib/string_helpers.c module which you wrote on 2008?

Um, it's in the kernel, so it follows the licence of the COPYING file,
so GPLv2 only.

> Shall we update top of the file to be clear on it in future?

There's no need to waste space with individual licences, that's why we
have a COPYING file.

James

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