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    Subject[patch V4 04/11] LICENSES: Add the LGPL-2.1 license
    Add the full text of the LGPL 2.1 license to the kernel tree.  It was
    copied directly from:

    https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1.html#licenseText

    Add the required tags for reference and tooling.

    Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
    Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>
    Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


    ---
    LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1 | 503 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    1 file changed, 503 insertions(+)

    --- /dev/null
    +++ b/LICENSES/preferred/LGPL-2.1
    @@ -0,0 +1,503 @@
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