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LICENSE.md

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+# License Agreement
+
+ESnet SmartNIC Copyright (c) 2022, The Regents of the University of
+California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to
+receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy), 
+12574861 Canada Inc., Malleable Networks Inc., and Apical Networks, Inc. 
+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) Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+(3) Neither the name of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 12574861 Canada Inc., Malleable
+Networks Inc., and Apical Networks, Inc. nor the names of its contributors
+may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+without specific prior written permission.
+
+
+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.
+
+You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches,
+or upgrades to the features, functionality or performance of the source
+code ("Enhancements") to anyone; however, if you choose to make your
+Enhancements available either publicly, or directly to Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory, without imposing a separate written license agreement
+for such Enhancements, then you hereby grant the following license: a
+non-exclusive, royalty-free perpetual license to install, use, modify,
+prepare derivative works, incorporate into other computer software,
+distribute, and sublicense such enhancements or derivative works thereof,
+in binary and source code form.
+
+
+# Copyright Notice
+
+ESnet SmartNIC Copyright (c) 2022, The Regents of the University of
+California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to
+receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy),
+12574861 Canada Inc., Malleable Networks Inc., and Apical Networks, Inc.
+All rights reserved.
+
+If you have questions about your rights to use or distribute this software,
+please contact Berkeley Lab's Intellectual Property Office at
+[email protected].
+
+NOTICE.  This Software was developed under funding from the U.S. Department
+of Energy and the U.S. Government consequently retains certain rights.  As
+such, the U.S. Government has been granted for itself and others acting on
+its behalf a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license in the
+Software to reproduce, distribute copies to the public, prepare derivative
+works, and perform publicly and display publicly, and to permit others to do so.

README.md

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+# Copyright Notice
+
+ESnet SmartNIC Copyright (c) 2022, The Regents of the University of
+California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to
+receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy),
+12574861 Canada Inc., Malleable Networks Inc., and Apical Networks, Inc.
+All rights reserved.
+
+If you have questions about your rights to use or distribute this software,
+please contact Berkeley Lab's Intellectual Property Office at
+[email protected].
+
+NOTICE.  This Software was developed under funding from the U.S. Department
+of Energy and the U.S. Government consequently retains certain rights.  As
+such, the U.S. Government has been granted for itself and others acting on
+its behalf a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license in the
+Software to reproduce, distribute copies to the public, prepare derivative
+works, and perform publicly and display publicly, and to permit others to do so.
+
+
+# Support
+
+The ESnet regio library is made available in the hope that it will
+be useful to the FPGA design community. Users should note that it is
+made available on an "as-is" basis, and should not expect any
+technical support or other assistance with building or using this
+software. For more information, please refer to the LICENSE.md file in
+the source code repository.
+
+The developers of the ESnet regio library can be reached by email at [email protected].
+
 
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