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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.
 */
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66f269d2 EA	1	/*
	2	* Copyright (c) 1994-2000 Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, David Engel,
	3	* Hongjiu Lu and Mitch D'Souza
	4	*
	5	* All rights reserved.
	6	*
	7	* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	8	* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	9	* are met:
	10	* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	11	* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	12	* 2. The name of the above contributors may not be
	13	* used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
	14	* without specific prior written permission.
	15	*
	16	* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
	17	* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
	18	* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
	19	* ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
	20	* FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
	21	* DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
	22	* OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
	23	* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
	24	* LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
	25	* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
	26	* SUCH DAMAGE.
	27	*/
	28
	29	/* Notice of general intent:
	30	*
	31	* The linux operating system generally contains large amounts of code
	32	* that fall under the GNU General Public License, or GPL for short.
	33	* This file contains source code that by it's very nature would always
	34	* be linked with an application program, and because of this a GPL
	35	* type of copyright on this file would place restrictions upon the
	36	* distribution of binary-only commercial software. Since the goal of
	37	* the Linux project as a whole is not to discourage the development and
	38	* distribution of commercial software for Linux, this file has been
	39	* placed under a more relaxed BSD-style of copyright.
	40	*
	41	* It is the general understanding of the above contributors that a
	42	* program executable linked to a library containing code that falls
	43	* under the GPL or GLPL style of license is not subject to the terms of
	44	* the GPL or GLPL license if the program executable(s) that are supplied
	45	* are linked to a shared library form of the GPL or GLPL library, and as
	46	* long as the form of the shared library is such that it is possible for
	47	* the end user to modify and rebuild the library and use it in
	48	* conjunction with the program executable.
	49	*/