             **********
             * WHENCE *
             **********

This file attempts to document the origin and licensing information,
if known, for each piece of firmware distributed for use with the Linux
kernel.

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Driver: dvb-ttusb-budget -- Technotrend/Hauppauge Nova-USB devices

File: ttusb-budget/dspbootcode.bin

Licence: Unknown

Found in hex form in the kernel source.

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Driver: cpia2 -- cameras based on Vision's CPiA2

File: cpia2/stv0672_vp4.bin

Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
	Copyright (C) 2001 STMicroelectronics, Inc.
	Contact:  steve.miller@st.com
	Description: This file contains patch data for the CPiA2 (stv0672) VP4.

Found in hex form in kernel source.

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Driver: dabusb -- Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Receiver for USB and Linux

File: dabusb/firmware.fw
File: dabusb/bitstream.bin

Licence: Distributable

 * Copyright (C) 1999 BayCom GmbH
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that redistributions of source
 * code retain the above copyright notice and this comment without
 * modification.

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Driver: vicam -- USB 3com HomeConnect (aka vicam)

File: vicam/firmware.fw

Licence: Unknown

Found in hex form in kernel source.

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Driver: cx231xx - Conexant Cx23100/101/102 USB broadcast A/V decoder

File: v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw

Driver: cx23418 - Conexant PCI Broadcast A/V with MPEG encoder

File: v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
File: v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
File: v4l-cx23418-dig.fw

Driver: cx23885 - Conexant PCI Express Broadcast A/V decoder

File: v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw

Driver: cx23840 - Conexant sideport Broadcast A/V decoder

File: v4l-cx25840.fw

Licence: Redistributable.

  Conexant grants permission to use and redistribute these firmware
  files for use with Conexant devices, but not as a part of the Linux
  kernel or in any other form which would require these files themselves
  to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License.
  These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be
  useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
  of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Driver: dvb-ttpci -- AV7110 cards

File: av7110/bootcode.bin
Source: av7110/Boot.S
Source: av7110/Makefile

Licence: GPLv2 or later. See GPL-2 and GPL-3 for details.

ARM assembly source code from https://linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/Boot.S

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Driver: xc4000 - Xceive 4000 Tuner driver

File: dvb-fe-xc4000-1.4.1.fw
Version: 1.4.1

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.xc4000 for details

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Driver: xc5000 - Xceive 5000 Tuner driver

File: dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw
Version: 1.6.114

File: dvb-fe-xc5000c-4.1.30.7.fw
Version: 4.1.30.7

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.xc5000 and LICENCE.xc5000c for details

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Driver: dib0700 - DiBcom dib0700 USB DVB bridge driver

File: dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
Version: 1.20

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.dib0700 for details

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Driver: lgs8gxx - Legend Silicon GB20600 demodulator driver

File: lgs8g75.fw

Licence: Unknown

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Driver: ti-vpe - Texas Instruments V4L2 driver for Video Processing Engine

File: ti/vpdma-1b8.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ti-tspa for details.

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Driver: tlg2300 - Telgent 2300 V4L/DVB driver.

File: tlg2300_firmware.bin

Licence: Redistributable.

  Telegent System grants permission to use and redistribute these
  firmware files for use with devices containing the chip tlg2300, but
  not as a part of the Linux kernel or in any other form which would
  require these files themselves to be covered by the terms of the GNU
  General Public License. These firmware files are distributed in the
  hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
  the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
  PURPOSE.

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Driver: drxk - Micronas DRX-K demodulator driver

File: dvb-usb-terratec-h5-drxk.fw

Licence: Redistributable.

TERRATEC grants permission to use and redistribute these firmware
files for use with TERRATEC devices, but not as part of the Linux
kernel or in any other form which would require these files themselves
to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License.

These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Driver: s5p-mfc - Samsung MFC video encoder/decoder driver

File: s5p-mfc.fw
File: s5p-mfc-v6.fw
File: s5p-mfc-v6-v2.fw
File: s5p-mfc-v7.fw
File: s5p-mfc-v8.fw
File: s5p-mfc-v12.fw

Licence: Redistributable.

Samsung grants permission to use and redistribute aforementioned firmware
files for the use with Exynos series devices, but not as part of the Linux
kernel, or in any other form which would require these files themselves
to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License.

These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Driver: as102 - Abilis Systems Single DVB-T Receiver

File: as102_data1_st.hex
File: as102_data2_st.hex

License: Redistributable. See LICENCE.Abilis for details

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Driver: it9135 -- ITEtech IT913x DVB-T USB driver

File: dvb-usb-it9135-01.fw
File: dvb-usb-it9135-02.fw

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.it913x for details

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Driver: smsmdtv - Siano MDTV Core module

File: cmmb_vega_12mhz.inp
File: cmmb_venice_12mhz.inp
File: dvb_nova_12mhz.inp
File: dvb_nova_12mhz_b0.inp
File: isdbt_nova_12mhz.inp
File: isdbt_nova_12mhz_b0.inp
File: isdbt_rio.inp
File: sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw
File: sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-isdbt-02.fw
File: sms1xxx-nova-a-dvbt-01.fw
File: sms1xxx-nova-b-dvbt-01.fw
File: sms1xxx-stellar-dvbt-01.fw
File: tdmb_nova_12mhz.inp

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.siano for details

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Driver: mtk-vpu - MediaTek VPU video processing unit driver

File: mediatek/mt8173/vpu_d.bin
File: mediatek/mt8173/vpu_p.bin
Link: vpu_d.bin -> mediatek/mt8173/vpu_d.bin
Link: vpu_p.bin -> mediatek/mt8173/vpu_p.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.mediatek for details.

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Driver: venus - Qualcomm Venus video codec accelerator

File: qcom/venus-1.8/venus.mbn
Link: qcom/venus-1.8/venus.mdt -> venus.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VE.1.8-00109

File: qcom/venus-4.2/venus.mbn
Link: qcom/venus-4.2/venus.mdt -> venus.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VE.4.0-00119

File: qcom/venus-5.2/venus.mbn
Link: qcom/venus-5.2/venus.mdt -> venus.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VE.5.2-00023-PROD-2

File: qcom/venus-5.4/venus.mbn
Link: qcom/venus-5.4/venus.mdt -> venus.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VE.5.4-00059-PROD-1

File: qcom/venus-6.0/venus.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VE.6.0-00049-PROD-1

File: qcom/vpu/vpu20_p4.mbn
Link: qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.mbn -> ../vpu/vpu20_p4.mbn
Link: qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.mdt -> ../vpu/vpu20_p4.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VPU.1.0-00097-PROD-1

File: qcom/vpu/vpu20_p1.mbn
Link: qcom/vpu-2.0/venus.mbn -> ../vpu/vpu20_p1.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VPU.2.0-00055-PROD-1

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.qcom and qcom/NOTICE.txt for details

Binary files supplied originally from
https://developer.qualcomm.com/hardware/dragonboard-410c/tools

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Driver: iris - Qualcomm Iris video codec accelerator

File: qcom/vpu/vpu30_p4.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VPU.3.1-0076

File: qcom/vpu/vpu30_p4_s6.mbn

Version: VIDEO.VPU.3.1-0074

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.qcom and qcom/NOTICE.txt for details

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Driver: meson-vdec - Amlogic video decoder

File: meson/vdec/g12a_h264.bin
File: meson/vdec/g12a_hevc_mmu.bin
File: meson/vdec/g12a_vp9.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxbb_h264.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_h263.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_h264.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_hevc.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_hevc_mmu.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_mjpeg.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_mpeg12.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_mpeg4_5.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxl_vp9.bin
File: meson/vdec/gxm_h264.bin
File: meson/vdec/sm1_hevc_mmu.bin
File: meson/vdec/sm1_vp9_mmu.bin

Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.amlogic_vdec for details.

