The project util-linux doesn't use the same license for all of the code.
There is code under:
- * GPLv3+ (GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version)
+ * GPL-2.0-or-later - GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version
- * GPLv2+ (GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version)
+ * GPL-2.0 - GNU General Public License version 2
- * GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2)
+ * LGPL-2.1-or-later - GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 or any later version
- * LGPLv2+ (GNU Lesser General Public License v2 (or 2.1) or any later version)
+ * BSD-3-Clause - BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
- * BSD with advertising
+ * BSD-4-Clause-UC - BSD 4-Clause University of California-Specific
* Public Domain
Please, check the source code for more details. A license is usually at the start
of each source file.
-The /COPYING file (GPLv2+) is the default license for code without an explicitly
-defined license.
+The ./COPYING file (GPL-2.0-or-later) is the default license for code without
+an explicitly defined license.