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 Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- LICENSES/preferred/MIT | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSES/MIT --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/MIT @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +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) + +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.