key: microchip-linux-firmware
short_name: Microchip Linux Firmware License
name: Microchip Linux Firmware License
category: Proprietary Free
owner: Microchip
homepage_url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/LICENCE.microchip
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-microchip-linux-firmware
text: |
  REDISTRIBUTION: Permission is hereby granted by Microchip Technology
  Incorporated (Microchip), free of any license fees, to any person obtaining a
  copy of this firmware (the "Software"), to install, reproduce, copy and
  distribute copies, in binary form, hexadecimal or equivalent formats only, the
  Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is provided to do the same,
  subject to the following conditions:

  * Any redistribution of the Software must reproduce the above copyright notice,
    this license notice, and the following disclaimers and notices in the
    documentation and/or other materials provided with the Software.

  * Neither the name of Microchip, its products 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.  Microchip grants a world-wide, royalty-free,
  non-exclusive, revocable license under any patents that it now has or hereafter
  may have, own or control related to the Software 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 in conjunction
  with Microchip processors. The patent license shall not apply to any other
  combinations which include this Software nor to any other Microchip patents or
  patent rights. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder.

  DISCLAIMER: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY MICROCHIP "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE
  DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL ATMEL 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.