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+Copyright (c) 2013-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+-  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+-  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.
+
+-  Neither the name of ARM 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 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.
+
+--------------
+
+Note:
+Individual files contain the following tag instead of the full license text.
+
+::
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
+
+This enables machine processing of license information based on the SPDX
+License Identifiers that are here available: http://spdx.org/licenses/