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key
bsd-plus-patent
short_name
BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent
name
BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent
category
Permissive
owner
OSI - Open Source Initiative
homepage_url
https://opensource.org/licenses/BSDplusPatent
notes
Per the OSI, this license is designed to provide a) a simple permissive license; b) that is compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2; and c) which also has an express patent grant included.
spdx_license_key
BSD-2-Clause-Patent
text_urls
osi_url
https://opensource.org/licenses/BSDplusPatent
license_text
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this license, each copyright
holder and contributor hereby grants to those receiving rights under
this license a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-
free, irrevocable (except for failure to satisfy the conditions of this
license) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell,
import, and otherwise transfer this software, where such license applies
only to those patent claims, already acquired or hereafter acquired,
licensable by such copyright holder or contributor that are necessarily
infringed by:

(a) their Contribution(s) (the licensed copyrights of copyright holders
and non-copyrightable additions of contributors, in source or binary
form) alone; or

(b) combination of their Contribution(s) with the work of authorship to
which such Contribution(s) was added by such copyright holder or
contributor, if, at the time the Contribution is added, such addition
causes such combination to be necessarily infringed. The patent license
shall not apply to any other combinations which include the
Contribution.

Except as expressly stated above, no rights or licenses from any
copyright holder or contributor is granted under this license, whether
expressly, by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

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
HOLDERS 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.