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+<:copyright-BRCM:2017:DUAL/GPL:standard
+
+   Copyright (c) 2017 Broadcom
+   All Rights Reserved
+
+Unless you and Broadcom execute a separate written software license
+agreement governing use of this software, this software is licensed
+to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+(the "GPL"), available at http://www.broadcom.com/licenses/GPLv2.php,
+with the following added to such license:
+
+   As a special exception, the copyright holders of this software give
+   you permission to link this software with independent modules, and
+   to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your
+   choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent
+   module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module.
+   An independent module is a module which is not derived from this
+   software.  The special exception does not apply to any modifications
+   of the software.
+
+Not withstanding the above, under no circumstances may you combine
+this software in any way with any other Broadcom software provided
+under a license other than the GPL, without Broadcom's express prior
+written consent.
+
+:>