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                             Copyright notice
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The "Poseidon USB Stack" software (the main  library,  the  class  drivers,
included  hardware  drivers,  Trident, additional tools and other pieces of
software included  in  this  package)  and  documentation  is  written  and
Copyright 2002-2014 by Chris Hodges. All rights reserved.

The Application Programmers Interface (API) of the "Poseidon USB Stack"  is
protected  by  the laws of intellectual property. Software, that allows the
use of class drivers or hardware drivers without using the  whole  Poseidon
software itself, violates this licence.

Names and products used in this manual  may  be  registered  trademarks  or
products of the corresponding company, even if they are used in this manual
without further notice.


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                               Terms of use
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No parts of this program or documentation may be altered by any means (this
includes   editing,   modifying,   reprogramming,   extracting,  crunching,
resourcing etc.) except archiving.


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                                Disclaimer
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This software has been proven stable in everyday use. The author is  in  no
way  liable  for any loss of data, damages to software or hardware, impacts
on the health of people worldwide or on your love  life,  that  may  result
directly or indirectly from use of this program.

The author  reserves  the  right  to  make  changes  to  this  software  or
documentation without notice.

Any modifications to this software and/or a keyfile may yield to unexpected
results.  The  author  is  not  liable  for  any  damage done by a modified
version, neither by incident nor on purpose!

The product is  provided  as  is  without  warranty  of  any  kind,  either
expressed  or implied, statutory or otherwise, including without limitation
any implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for
a particular purpose. The entire risk as to use, results and performance of
the product is assumed by you and should the product prove to be defective,
you  assume  the  entire  cost  of all necessary servicing, repair or other
remediation. In no  event  shall  the  producer  of  this  product  or  its
resellers  be  liable for any property damage, personal injury, loss of use
or other indirect, incidental or consequential damages,  including  without
limitation,  any  damages  for  lost profits, business interruption or data
which may be lost or rendered inaccurate, even if I have  been  advised  of
the possibility of such damages.

 
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                               Distribution
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This  software  is  not  freely  distributable  unless  explicitly   noted.
Distribution  rights remain at the author. It may explictly not be included
in commercial software packages without written permission from the author.

Again: None of the files in this package may be modified  or  left  out  or
distributed with other products without written permission from the author.
No unrelated files may be added to any archive containing this program.

This  agreement  shall  exclusively  be governed by the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany.


By copying, distributing and/or  using  this  software  you  indicate  your
acceptance of the above license conditions.