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LICENSES: Add the BSD-3-clause "Clear" license

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

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

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-Clear
··· 1 + Valid-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear 2 + SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause-Clear.html 3 + Usage-Guide: 4 + To use the BSD 3-clause "Clear" 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-Clear 8 + License-Text: 9 + 10 + The Clear BSD License 11 + 12 + Copyright (c) [xxxx]-[xxxx] [Owner Organization] 13 + All rights reserved. 14 + 15 + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 16 + modification, are permitted (subject to the limitations in the disclaimer 17 + below) provided that the following conditions are met: 18 + 19 + * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 20 + this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 21 + 22 + * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 23 + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 24 + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 25 + 26 + * Neither the name of [Owner Organization] nor the names of its 27 + contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from 28 + this software without specific prior written permission. 29 + 30 + NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LICENSES TO ANY PARTY'S PATENT RIGHTS ARE GRANTED BY 31 + THIS LICENSE. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND 32 + CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT 33 + NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A 34 + PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER 35 + OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, 36 + EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 37 + PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; 38 + OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 39 + WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR 40 + OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF 41 + ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.