The Linux kernel is Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds (others
hold copyrights on some of the drivers, filesystems, and other parts of the
kernel) and is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

(see COPYING in /usr/src/linux)

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Many other software packages included in Slackware are licensed under the GNU
General Public License, which is included in the file COPYING.

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 California, Berkeley and its contributors:

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The Slackware Installation System is Copyright 1993, 1994 Patrick Volkerding,
Moorhead, Minnesota, USA. All rights reserved.

 Redistribution and use of this software, with or without modification, is
 permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 1. Redistributions of this software must retain the above copyright
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  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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*** Various other copyrights apply. See the documentation accompanying the
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Although every effort has been made to provide a complete source tree for this
project, it's possible that something may have been forgotten. If you discover
anything is missing, we will provide copies - just ask!

   NOTE: We are required to provide any missing source to GPLed software for
   3 years, per this section of the GNU General Public License:

    b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
    years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
    cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
    machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
    distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
    customarily used for software interchange; or,

If you find something is missing (even if you don't need a copy), please point
it out to volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu so it can be fixed.