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(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE AUTHORS HAVE
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COULD HAVE BEEN REASONABLY FORESEEN, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAIL-
URE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED. SUCH LIM-
ITATION ON DAMAGES INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS
OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR SOFTWARE, WORK STOPPAGE,
COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR IMPAIRMENT OF OTHER GOODS. IN
NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR THE COSTS OF PROCUREMENT
OF SUBSTITUTE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS SOFT-
WARE IS NOT DESIGNED FOR USE IN ON-LINE EQUIPMENT IN HAZARDOUS EN-
VIRONMENTS SUCH AS OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGA-
TION OR CONTROL, OR LIFE-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. THE AUTHORS EXPRESSLY
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ON-LINE EQUIPMENT IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND ACCEPTS NO LIABIL-
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WARE IN ANY SUCH ON-LINE EQUIPMENT IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS BY
YOU. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM “LIFE-CRITICAL APPLICA-
TION” MEANS AN APPLICATION IN WHICH THE FUNCTIONING OR MALFUNCTION-
ING OF THE SOFTWARE MAY RESULT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN PHYSICAL IN-
JURY OR LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES
AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE OF ANY COVERED CODE IS AU-
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This License and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically if You fail
to comply with terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming
aware of the breach. All sublicenses to the Covered Code which are properly granted
shall survive any termination of this License. Provisions which, by their nature, must
remain in effect beyond the termination of this License shall survive.
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If You assert a patent infringement claim against Participant alleging that such Partic-
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is resolved (such as by license or settlement) prior to the initiation of patent infringe-
ment litigation, then the reasonable value of the licenses granted by such Participant
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value of any payment or license.
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agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which have been validly granted by
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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL YOU, THE INI-
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