Hi all, since this is my first "license addition", I rather err on the side of caution. See the pasted text below, are there any objections against adding it and the corresponding package to the tree?
Best, Andreas
PS. The files have been grabbed from the kernel-firmware git repository on
kernel.org.
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FIRMWARE LICENSE TERMS
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All rights reserved.
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are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell ("Utilize")
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apply to any other combinations which include this software. No hardware per
se is licensed hereunder.
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Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer
dilfri...@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/
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