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+   NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover the firmware hex files contained
+ under linux/firmware and v4l/firmware directories. Those firmwares are here 
+ just as a convenience to make easier to develop and test V4L/DVB drivers.
+
+			Mauro Carvalho Chehab
+
+----------------------------------------
 
    NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
  services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use