README.licensing

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   2 The project util-linux doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
   3 There is code under:
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   5    * GPL-1.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 1, or any later version
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   7    * GPL-2.0-only       - GNU General Public License version 2
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   9    * GPL-2.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version
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  11    * GPL-3.0-or-later   - GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
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  13    * LGPL-2.1-or-later  - GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 or any later version
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  15    * MIT                - MIT License
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  17    * BSD-2-Clause       - Simplified BSD License
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  19    * BSD-3-Clause       - BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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  21    * BSD-4-Clause-UC    - BSD 4-Clause University of California-Specific
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  23    * Public Domain
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  25 Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
  26 of each source file.
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  28 The ./COPYING file (GPL-2.0-or-later) is the default license for code without
  29 an explicitly defined license.
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