[patch 2/7] LICENSES: Add the GPL 2.0 license

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Add the full text of the GPL 2.0 license to the kernel tree.  It was
copied directly from:

   https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html#licenseText

Add the required tags for reference and tooling.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>

---
 LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0 |  342 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 342 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 LICENSES/GPL-2.0

--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0  // GPLv2 only
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ // GPLv2 or later
+LICENSE-URL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-standalone.html
+LICENSE-URL: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
+SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html
+
+
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