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This repo LICENSE file was missing:
- reference to SLA0044 used for STM32WBA binary blobs
- reference to Apache 2.0 Licnese used for dts files

Additionally, clarify the wording about the BSD-3-Clause license used
for files extracted from STM32Cube packages and the location of the
impacted files.

Signed-off-by: Erwan Gouriou <erwan.gouriou@st.com>
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This file provides licensing information on the code provided in this repository.

Two licenses are in use in this repository: Apache-2.0 and BSD-3-Clause.
Three licenses are in use in this repository: Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause and ST SLA0044.
They are applied according to the following scheme:
- All files imported from official STM32Cube repositories are subject to their
original license: BSD-3-Clause
- All files imported from STM32Cube packages are subject to their original
license: BSD-3-Clause. This covers following folders:
- stm32cube/stm32*
- lib/*
- All files in dts/ folder are subject to usual Zephyr project license: Apache-2.0
- Binary blobs explicitly fetched by the user with command `west blobs fetch stm32`
and stored under zephyr/blobs/stm32wba/lib are subject to ST proprietary
License SLA0044.
- All other files, which are put in place for adaptation to Zephyr RTOS
(CMakeLists.txt, ...) or available as utilities (scripts/) are subject to
usual Zephyr project license: Apache-2.0
- Files missing explicit license information fall under the Apache-2.0


For these two licenses, full length texts are available hereafter:
For these three licenses, full length texts are available hereafter:


BSD 3-Clause License
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.


SLA0044 Rev5/February 2018

## Software license agreement

### __ULTIMATE LIBERTY SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT__

BY INSTALLING, COPYING, DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING THIS SOFTWARE
OR ANY PART THEREOF (AND THE RELATED DOCUMENTATION) FROM STMICROELECTRONICS
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(STMICROELECTRONICS), THE RECIPIENT, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF OR HERSELF, OR ON
BEHALF OF ANY ENTITY BY WHICH SUCH RECIPIENT IS EMPLOYED AND/OR ENGAGED AGREES
TO BE BOUND BY THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT.

Under STMicroelectronics’ intellectual property rights, the redistribution,
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thereof, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following
conditions are met:

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notice, this list of conditions and the disclaimer set forth below as items 10
and 11.

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update for such device, must reproduce any copyright notice provided with the
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items 10 and 11, in documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.

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