# CERT UEFI Support Library — License

Copyright 2025  
Carnegie Mellon University

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## 1. Redistribution and Use

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Products derived from this software may not include “Carnegie Mellon University,” “SEI,” and/or “Software Engineering Institute” in the name of such derived product, nor shall “Carnegie Mellon University,” “SEI,” and/or “Software Engineering Institute” be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact: permission@sei.cmu.edu

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## 2. Acknowledgments and Disclaimers

CERT UEFI Parser includes and/or can make use of certain third-party software (“Third Party Software”).  
The Third Party Software used by CERT UEFI Parser depends on system configuration, but typically includes the software identified in this license file and/or described in the documentation or readme.

By using CERT UEFI Parser, you agree to comply with any and all relevant Third Party Software terms and conditions contained in such Third Party Software or in a separate license file distributed with the Third Party Software.

The owners of the Third Party Software (“Third Party Licensors”) are intended third-party beneficiaries with respect to the terms applicable to their software.  
Third-Party Software licenses apply only to the Third-Party components and not to CERT UEFI Parser as a whole.

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## 3. Government Contract Notice

This material is based upon work supported by the Department of War under Air Force Contract No. FA8702-15-D-0002 with Carnegie Mellon University for the operation of the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center.

The opinions, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendations contained in this material are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official U.S. Government position, policy, or decision unless so designated by other documentation.

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## 4. Warranty Disclaimer

NO WARRANTY.  
THIS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE MATERIAL IS FURNISHED ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS.

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE  
- MERCHANTABILITY  
- EXCLUSIVITY  
- RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USE  
- FREEDOM FROM PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

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## 5. Distribution Statement

[DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A]  
Approved for public release; unlimited distribution.

Please see copyright notice for non-U.S. Government use and distribution.

Reference: DM25-1401

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# 6. Third-Party Software and Licenses

CERT UEFI Support Library includes or wraps the following Third-Party components.  
Each third-party license applies only to that component and must be reproduced when distributing binaries.

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## 6.1 EDK II  
Home: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2

Copyright 2019  
TianoCore and contributors

License: BSD-2-Clause-Patent  
Full license: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/License.txt

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## 6.2 libmspack  
Home: https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/

Copyright 2003–2018  
Stuart Caie

License: LGPL-2.1  
Full license:  
https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/blob/master/libmspack/COPYING.LIB

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## 6.3 Unhuffme  
Home: https://io.netgarage.org/me/

Copyright 2015  
bla <blapost@gmail.com>

License: Custom license  
(Original text preserved below)

> All rights reserved.  
> Provided with no guarantees whatsoever, including implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose.

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## 6.4 unME12  
Home: https://github.com/ptresearch/unME12

Copyright 2018  
Positive Technologies

License: MIT License  
Full license: https://github.com/ptresearch/unME12/blob/master/LICENSE

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# End of License
