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   NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
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 services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
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 of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
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 Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
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 Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux
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