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@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ License identifier syntax
The SPDX license identifier in kernel files shall be added at the first
possible line in a file which can contain a comment. For the majority
of files this is the first line, except for scripts which require the
- '#!PATH_TO_INTERPRETER' in the first line. For those scripts the SPDX
- identifier goes into the second line.
+ '#!PATH_TO_INTERPRETER' in the first line. For those scripts, the SPDX
+ license identifier goes into the second line.
+
+ The license identifier line can then be followed by one or multiple
+ SPDX-FileCopyrightText lines if desired.
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