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LICENSES: Add the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

Add the full text of the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License to the
kernel tree. It was copied directly from:

https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html#licenseText

Add the required tags for reference and tooling.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Thomas Gleixner and committed by
Jonathan Corbet
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LICENSES/preferred/BSD-3-Clause
··· 1 + Valid-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause 2 + SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html 3 + Usage-Guide: 4 + To use the BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License put the following SPDX 5 + tag/value pair into a comment according to the placement guidelines in 6 + the licensing rules documentation: 7 + SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause 8 + License-Text: 9 + 10 + Copyright (c) <year> <owner> . All rights reserved. 11 + 12 + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 13 + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 14 + 15 + 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 16 + this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 17 + 18 + 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 19 + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 20 + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 21 + 22 + 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its 23 + contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this 24 + software without specific prior written permission. 25 + 26 + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 27 + AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 28 + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 29 + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 30 + LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 31 + CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 32 + SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 33 + INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 34 + CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 35 + ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 36 + POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.