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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1994-2000 Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, David Engel,
+ * Hongjiu Lu and Mitch D'Souza
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * 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. The name of the above contributors may not be
+ *    used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ *    without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE 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 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.
+ */
+
+/* Notice of general intent:
+ *
+ * The linux operating system generally contains large amounts of code
+ * that fall under the GNU General Public License, or GPL for short.
+ * This file contains source code that by it's very nature would always
+ * be linked with an application program, and because of this a GPL
+ * type of copyright on this file would place restrictions upon the
+ * distribution of binary-only commercial software.  Since the goal of
+ * the Linux project as a whole is not to discourage the development and
+ * distribution of commercial software for Linux, this file has been
+ * placed under a more relaxed BSD-style of copyright.
+ *
+ * It is the general understanding of the above contributors that a
+ * program executable linked to a library containing code that falls
+ * under the GPL or GLPL style of license is not subject to the terms of
+ * the GPL or GLPL license if the program executable(s) that are supplied
+ * are linked to a shared library form of the GPL or GLPL library, and as
+ * long as the form of the shared library is such that it is possible for
+ * the end user to modify and rebuild the library and use it in
+ * conjunction with the program executable.
+ */