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Licence clarification required #1

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59 files in this repo – see https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Acixtech%2Fcix_opensource__vpu_driver%20path%3A%2F%5Edriver%5C%2F%2F%20%22confidential%20and%20proprietary%20information%22&type=code – all contain a similar variant of:

 * The confidential and proprietary information contained in this file may
 * only be used by a person authorised under and to the extent permitted
 * by a subsisting licensing agreement from Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
 *
 *            (C) COPYRIGHT 2021-2021 Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
 *                ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
 *
 * This entire notice must be reproduced on all copies of this file
 * and copies of this file may only be made by a person if such person is
 * permitted to do so under the terms of a subsisting license agreement
 * from Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 *
 */

/*
 * Copyright:
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * This confidential and proprietary software may be used only as authorized
 * by a licensing agreement from Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
 *      (C) COPYRIGHT 2021-2021 Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
 * The entire notice above must be reproduced on all authorized copies and
 * copies may only be made to the extent permitted by a licensing agreement
 * from Arm Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

… which can't possibly be correct: it's surely either confidential Arm China software or it's GPL v2.0, and if CIX have legally relicensed the code from Arm China in order to distribute it here then the requirement for any additional Arm China licence agreement should be removed from the source files in this repo?

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