Date:   Tue,  2 Apr 2019 12:31:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/16] staging: rtl8192e: delete license file.

There is no need for yet-another-copy of the gpl to be in the kernel
source tree, especially for just a single driver.  This got added as
part of the import of the driver from when it was a stand-along chunk of
code.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license | 339 -------------------------------
 1 file changed, 339 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bea9fa60daa..000000000000
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,339 +0,0 @@
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