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 Legal Issues
 ------------
 
-The Linux kernel source code is released under the GPL.  Please see the
-file, COPYING, in the main directory of the source tree, for details on
-the license.  If you have further questions about the license, please
-contact a lawyer, and do not ask on the Linux kernel mailing list.  The
-people on the mailing lists are not lawyers, and you should not rely on
-their statements on legal matters.
+The Linux kernel source code is released under the GPL.  Please see the file
+COPYING in the main directory of the source tree. The Linux kernel licensing
+rules and how to use `SPDX <https://spdx.org/>`_ identifiers in source code are
+descibed in :ref:`Documentation/process/license-rules.rst <kernel_licensing>`.
+If you have further questions about the license, please contact a lawyer, and do
+not ask on the Linux kernel mailing list.  The people on the mailing lists are
+not lawyers, and you should not rely on their statements on legal matters.
 
 For common questions and answers about the GPL, please see: