diff --git a/2015-10-22-MCS-4.md b/2015-10-22-MCS-4.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bf9f54d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015-10-22-MCS-4.md @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +This DMCA Takedown Notice applies to the material hosted by GitHub at +the following URL: + +https://github.com/fabriziotappero/ip-cores/tree/processor_4004_cpu_and_mcs-4_family_chips + +I do hereby attest: + +1. The above identified branch of this repository contains materials +authored by me and published to the OpenCores.org site under a +Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" Public License. +2. Each of the files containing material I authored contains a +statement claiming copyright for myself as copyright holder, and +stating my OpenCores email contact address "[private]". +3. Each of the files containing material I authored describes the +license terms in brief, and refers to the detail found in the +"doc/License.txt" file also included in the repository. +4. 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