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1wpa_supplicant and hostapd
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4Copyright (c) 2002-2022, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
5All Rights Reserved.
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7These programs are licensed under the BSD license (the one with
8advertisement clause removed).
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10If you are submitting changes to the project, please see CONTRIBUTIONS
11file for more instructions.
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14This package may include either wpa_supplicant, hostapd, or both. See
15README file respective subdirectories (wpa_supplicant/README or
16hostapd/README) for more details.
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18Source code files were moved around in v0.6.x releases and compared to
19earlier releases, the programs are now built by first going to a
20subdirectory (wpa_supplicant or hostapd) and creating build
21configuration (.config) and running 'make' there (for Linux/BSD/cygwin
22builds).
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25License
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28This software may be distributed, used, and modified under the terms of
29BSD license:
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31Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
32modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
33met:
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351. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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382. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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