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This makes the license Operating System agnostic and updates the patent license grant for use of the firmware license specifically on the Atheros chipsets. This allows us to share the same license between all Atheros chipsets, ath9k, ath9k_htc, ath6kl, and future chipsets. Cc: ath9k-devel@atheros.com Cc: Len Widra <len.widra@atheros.com> Cc: Brian Lee <briank.lee@atheros.com> Cc: Adam Tachner <atachner@atheros.com> Cc: Paul Lever <Paul.Lever@atheros.com> Cc: Vipin Mehta <vipin.mehta@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
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Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Atheros Communications, Inc.
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All rights reserved.
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Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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met:
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* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
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following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
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provided with the distribution.
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* Neither the name of Atheros Communications, Inc. nor the names of
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its suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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from this software without specific prior written permission.
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* No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this
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software is permitted.
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Limited patent license. Atheros Communications, Inc. grants a
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world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it
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now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import,
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offer to sell and sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to
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the extent that any such patent is necessary to Utilize the software
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in conjunction with an Atheros Chipset. The patent license shall not
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apply to any other combinations which include this software. No
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hardware per se is licensed hereunder.
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DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
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CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
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OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
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ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
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TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
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USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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