There is no need for yet-another-copy of the gpl to be in the kernel source tree, especially for just a single driver. This got added as part of the import of the driver from when it was a stand-along chunk of code. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license | 339 ------------------------------- 1 file changed, 339 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license deleted file mode 100644 index 4bea9fa60daa..000000000000 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/license +++ /dev/null @@ -1,339 +0,0 @@ - -"This software program is licensed subject to the GNU General Public License -(GPL). 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