| NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel |
| services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use |
| of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". |
| Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software |
| Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux |
| kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. |
| |
| Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel is |
| concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not v2.2 |
| or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. |
| |
| Linus Torvalds |