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Port's license text

 Copyright (c) 2004 by Greg Lehey
 
  This software is distributed under the so-called ``Berkeley 
  License'': 
 
 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. 
 
 This software is provided ``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 Domenick Venezia 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. 

SPDX canonical text (BSD-2-Clause)

Copyright (c) <year> <owner> 

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.

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 HOLDER 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.