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+*** License Agreement ***
+
+The HDF5 GPUDirect Storage VFD is a Virtual File Driver (VFD) for HDF5 that
+can be used to interface with Nvidia's GPUDirect Storage (GDS) API. Copyright (c) 2021,
+The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National
+Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of
+Energy) and North Carolina State University. All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+(1) Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+(2) Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+(3) Neither the name of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, North Carolina State University
+nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
+products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches,
+or upgrades to the features, functionality or performance of the source
+code ("Enhancements") to anyone; however, if you choose to make your
+Enhancements available either publicly, or directly to Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory, without imposing a separate written license agreement
+for such Enhancements, then you hereby grant the following license: a
+non-exclusive, royalty-free perpetual license to install, use, modify,
+prepare derivative works, incorporate into other computer software,
+distribute, and sublicense such enhancements or derivative works thereof,
+in binary and source code form.
+
+
+
+LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY
+Software: HDF5 Nvidia GPUDirect Storage VFD
+Developers: John Ravi
+
+*** License Agreement ***
+" The HDF5 GPUDirect Storage VFD is a Virtual File Driver (VFD) for HDF5
+that can be used to interface with Nvidia's GPUDirect Storage (GDS) API.
+The driver is built as a plugin library that is external to HDF5.
+(c) 2021, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence
+Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals
+from the U.S. Dept. of Energy).  All rights reserved."
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+(1) Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+(2) Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+(3) Neither the name of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy nor the names of its contributors
+may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches,
+or upgrades to the features, functionality or performance of the source
+code ("Enhancements") to anyone; however, if you choose to make your
+Enhancements available either publicly, or directly to Lawrence Berkeley
+National Laboratory, without imposing a separate written license agreement
+for such Enhancements, then you hereby grant the following license: a
+non-exclusive, royalty-free perpetual license to install, use, modify,
+prepare derivative works, incorporate into other computer software,
+distribute, and sublicense such enhancements or derivative works thereof,
+in binary and source code form.