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1.1     ! root        1: /**
        !             2:    Per an email message from Russ Nelson <[email protected]> on
        !             3:    18 March 2008 the files cs89x0.[ch] are now licensed under GPL
        !             4:    Version 2.
        !             5: 
        !             6:    From: Russ Nelson <[email protected]>
        !             7:    Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:42:00 -0400
        !             8:    Subject: Re: [Etherboot-developers] cs89x0 driver in etherboot
        !             9:    -- quote from email 
        !            10:    As copyright holder, if I say it doesn't conflict with the GPL,
        !            11:    then it doesn't conflict with the GPL.
        !            12: 
        !            13:    However, there's no point in causing people's brains to overheat,
        !            14:    so yes, I grant permission for the code to be relicensed under the
        !            15:    GPLv2.  Please make sure that this change in licensing makes its
        !            16:    way upstream.  -russ 
        !            17:    -- quote from email
        !            18: **/
        !            19: 
        !            20: Permission is granted to distribute the enclosed cs89x0.[ch] driver
        !            21: only in conjunction with the Etherboot package.  The code is
        !            22: ordinarily distributed under the GPL.
        !            23: 
        !            24: Russ Nelson, January 2000
        !            25: 
        !            26: CREDITS
        !            27: 
        !            28: I want to thank
        !            29: 
        !            30:   Mike Cruse <[email protected]>
        !            31:      for providing an evaluation NIC and for sponsoring the
        !            32:      development of this driver.
        !            33: 
        !            34:   Randall Sears <[email protected]>
        !            35:   Deva Bodas <[email protected]>
        !            36:   Andreas Kraemer <[email protected]>
        !            37:   Wolfgang Krause <[email protected]>
        !            38:      for excellent technical support and for providing the required
        !            39:      programming information. I appreciate Crystal Semiconductor's
        !            40:      commitment towards free software.
        !            41: 
        !            42:   Russell Nelson <[email protected]>
        !            43:      for writing the Linux device driver for the CS89x0
        !            44:      chipset. Russel's code is very well designed and simplified my
        !            45:      job a lot.

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