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Subject[patch V2 02/11] LICENSES: Add the GPL 2.0 license
Add the full text of the GPL 2.0 license to the kernel tree.  It was
copied directly from:

https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html#licenseText

Add the required tags for reference and tooling.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

---
LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 | 348 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 348 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 LICENSES/GPL-2.0

--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html
+Usage-Guide:
+ To use this license in source code, put one of the following SPDX
+ tag/value pairs into a comment according to the placement
+ guidelines in the licensing rules documentation.
+ For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 only' use:
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or any later version' use:
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+License-Text:
+
+GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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