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Package: discover-data
Debian package author: Branden Robinson

The contents of this package that are not in the debian/ subdirectory are
simple compilations of data and are therefore not copyrightable in the
United States (c.f. _Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service
Company, Inc., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)_).

_Feist_ holds that:

Article I, s 8, cl. 8, of the Constitution mandates originality as a
prerequisite for copyright protection. The constitutional requirement
necessitates independent creation plus a modicum of creativity. Since facts
do not owe their origin to an act of authorship, they are not original and,
thus, are not copyrightable. Although a compilation of facts may possess
the requisite originality because the author typically chooses which facts
to include, in what order to place them, and how to arrange the data so
that readers may use them effectively, copyright protection extends only to
those components of the work that are original to the author, not to the
facts themselves. This fact/expression dichotomy severely limits the scope
of protection in fact-based works.

Therefore, the hardware information lists that comprise the "meat" of this
package enjoy no copyright protection and are thus in the public domain.

Note, however, that a number of trademarks may be referenced in the hardware
lists (names of vendors and products).  Their usage does not imply a challenge
to any such status, and all trademarks, service marks, etc. are the property of
their respective owners.

The remainder of this package is copyrighted and licensed as follows:

Package infrastructure:

Copyright 2001,2002 Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
     Written by Branden Robinson for Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.

lst2xml conversion script:

Copyright 2002 Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
     Written by Eric Gillespie, John R. Daily, and Josh Bressers
     for Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

$Progeny$

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