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Atheros carl9170 firmware - used by the ar9170 wireless device

Copyright (c) 2000-2005  ZyDAS Technology Corporation
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.