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Linksys E1000 Appendix E: Software End User License Agreement
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12 . IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW
OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT
HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY
MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS
PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING
RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF
SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES .
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
END OF SCHEDULE 2-A
Schedule 2-B
If this Cisco product contains open source software licensed
under Version 2 .1 of the “GNU Lesser General Public
License” then the license terms below in this Schedule 2-B
will apply to that open source software . The license terms
below in this Schedule 2-B are from the public web site at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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