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diff --git a/hash/FNVHash-LICENSE.txt b/hash/FNVHash-LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b0722785 --- /dev/null +++ b/hash/FNVHash-LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +FNV hash algorithms and source code have been released into the public domain. + +The authors of the FNV algorithm took deliberate steps to disclose the +algorithm in a public forum soon after it was invented. More than a year +passed after this public disclosure and the authors deliberately took no steps +to patent the FNV algorithm. Therefore it is safe to say that the FNV authors +have no patent claims on the FNV algorithm as published. |