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SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
The accompanying software in binary code form (“Software”), is licensed to you,
or, if you are accepting on behalf of an entity, the entity and its affiliates
exercising rights hereunder (“Licensee”) subject to the terms of this software
license agreement (“Agreement”), unless Licensee and Broadcom Corporation
(“Broadcom”) execute a separate written software license agreement governing
use of the Software. ANY USE, REPRODUCTION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE
CONSTITUTES LICENSEE’S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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Broadcom hereby grants to Licensee a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
royalty-free license: (i) to use and integrate the Software with any other
software; and (ii) to reproduce and distribute the Software complete,
unmodified, and as provided by Broadcom, solely for use with Broadcom
proprietary integrated circuit product(s) sold by Broadcom with which the
Software was designed to be used, or their successors.
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Agreement. Licensee shall not remove, efface or obscure any copyright or
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regulation, including but not limited to any regulatory agency. This Agreement
shall automatically terminate upon Licensee’s failure to comply with any of the
terms of this Agreement. In such event, Licensee will destroy all copies of the
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