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Add an explicit patent grant to the Go license.
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https://golang.org/cl/194066
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ianlancetaylor committed Jan 25, 2010
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// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
//
// Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Google hereby
// grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge,
// royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent
// license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and
// otherwise transfer this implementation of Go, where such license
// applies only to those patent claims licensable by Google that are
// necessarily infringed by use of this implementation of Go. If You
// institute patent litigation against any entity (including a
// cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that this
// implementation of Go or a Contribution incorporated within this
// implementation of Go constitutes direct or contributory patent
// infringement, then any patent licenses granted to You under this
// License for this implementation of Go shall terminate as of the date
// such litigation is filed.

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