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binary-linux-firmware-patent
short_name
Binary-Only Linux Firmware Patent License
name
Binary-Only Linux Firmware Patent License
category
Proprietary Free
owner
Unspecified
homepage_url
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
spdx_license_key
LicenseRef-scancode-binary-linux-firmware-patent
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license_text
Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without 
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 
met:

* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the 
  following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials 
  provided with the distribution. 
* Neither the name of the Copyright Holder nor the names of its
  suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
  software without specific prior written permission. 
* No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software 
  is permitted.

Limited patent license. The Copyright Holder grants a world-wide, 
royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or hereafter 
owns or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and 
sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to the extent that any 
such patent is necessary to Utilize the software alone, or in 
combination with an operating system licensed under an approved Open 
Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative at 
http://opensource.org/licenses.  The patent license shall not apply to 
any other combinations which include this software.  No hardware per 
se is licensed hereunder.

DISCLAIMER.  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND 
CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS 
OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR 
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE 
USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
DAMAGE.