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bcm2835-bootfiles: Clarify license conditions
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We define a new 'Broadcom-RPi' license and include the full text in our
custom-licenses directory.

Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <[email protected]>
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Copyright (c) 2006, Broadcom Corporation.
Copyright (c) 2015, Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd
All rights reserved.

Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

* This software may only be used for the purposes of developing for,
running or using a Raspberry Pi device.
* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of Broadcom Corporation nor the names of its suppliers
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.

DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
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
COPYRIGHT OWNER OR 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.
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DESCRIPTION = "Closed source binary files to help boot the ARM on the BCM2835."
LICENSE = "Proprietary"
LICENSE = "Broadcom-RPi"

LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE.broadcom;md5=4a4d169737c0786fb9482bb6d30401d1"

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