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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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