User guide
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Appendix F
Software License Agreement
Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives
your Linksys product and/or the Software is being used in 
accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (iii) to provide 
improvements to the way Linksys delivers technology to 
you and to other Linksys customers; (iv) to enable Linksys 
to comply with the terms of any agreements it has with 
any third parties  regarding your Linksys product  and/or 
Software and/or (v) to enable Linksys to comply with all 
applicable  laws and/or  regulations, or  the requirements 
of  any  regulatory  authority  or  government  agency. 
Linksys  and/  or  its  affiliates  may  collect  and  process 
this information  provided  that it  does not  identify you 
personally. Your  use  of  your  Linksys  product  and/or  the 
Software constitutes this consent by you to Linksys and/
or its affiliates’ collection and use of such information and, 
for EEA customers, to the transfer of such information to a 
location outside the EEA.
Software  Upgrades  etc.  If  the  Software  enables  you  to 
receive  Upgrades,  you  may  elect  at any  time  to  receive 
these  Upgrades either automatically or  manually.  If  you 
elect  to  receive  Upgrades  manually  or  you  otherwise 
elect not to receive or be notified of any Upgrades, you 
may expose your  Linksys product and/or the Software 
to  serious security  threats  and/or  some features  within 
your  Linksys  product  and/or  Software  may  become 
inaccessible.  There  may  be  circumstances  where  we 
apply an Upgrade automatically in order to comply with 
changes  in  legislation,  legal  or  regulatory  requirements 
or as a result of requirements to comply with the terms 
of  any  agreements  Linksys  has  with  any  third  parties 
regarding your Linksys product and/or the Software. You 
will always be notified of any Upgrades being delivered 
to  you. The  terms  of  this  license  will  apply  to  any  such 
Upgrade unless the Upgrade in question is accompanied 
by  a  separate  license,  in  which  event  the  terms  of  that 
license will apply.
Open Source Software.  The GPL or  other open source 
code incorporated into the Software and the open source 
license for such source code are available for free download 
at http://www.linksys.com/gpl. If You would like a copy 
of the GPL or other open source code in this Software on a 
CD, Linksys will mail to You a CD with such code for $9.99 
plus the cost of shipping, upon request.
Term  and  Termination. You  may  terminate  this  License 
at  any  time  by  destroying  all  copies  of  the  Software 
and  documentation.  Your  rights under  this  License will 
terminate immediately without notice from Linksys if You 
fail to comply with any provision of this Agreement.
Limited  Warranty.  The  warranty  terms  and  period 
specified in the applicable Linksys Product User Guide 
shall also apply to the Software.
Disclaimer of Liabilities. IN NO EVENT WILL LINKSYS OR 
ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST DATA, REVENUE 
OR PROFIT, OR FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, 
INCIDENTAL  OR  PUNITIVE  DAMAGES,  REGARDLESS  OF 
CAUSE  (INCLUDING  NEGLIGENCE),  ARISING  OUT  OF 
OR  RELATED TO THE  USE  OF  OR INABILITY TO  USE THE 
SOFTWARE,  EVEN  IF  LINKSYS  HAS  BEEN  ADVISED  OF 
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL 
LINKSYS’ LIABILITY EXCEED  THE  AMOUNT PAID BY  YOU 
FOR THE PRODUCT. The  foregoing limitations  will  apply 
even if any warranty or remedy under this Agreement fails 
of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow 
the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential 
damages,  so  the  above  limitation  or  exclusion  may  not 
apply to You.
Export. Software, including technical data, may be subject 
to U.S. export control laws and regulations and/or export 
or import  regulations in other countries. You  agree to 
comply strictly with all such laws and regulations.
U.S. Government Users. The Software and documentation 
qualify as “commercial items” as defined at 48 C.F.R. 2.101 
and  48 C.F.R.  12.212.  All Government  users acquire  the 
Software  and  documentation  with  only  those  rights 
herein that apply to non-governmental customers.
General Terms. This Agreement will be governed by and 
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of 
California, without reference to conflict of laws principles. 
The  United  Nations  Convention  on  Contracts  for  the 
International Sale of Goods will not apply. If any portion 
of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, 
the  remaining  provisions  will  remain  in  full  force  and 
effect. This Agreement constitutes the  entire agreement 
between the parties with respect to the Software and 
supersedes any conflicting or additional terms contained 
in any purchase order or elsewhere.
END OF SCHEDULE 1
Schedule 2
If  this  Linksys  product  contains  open  source  software 
licensed  under  Version  2  of  the “GNU  General  Public 
License” then the license terms below in this Schedule 2 
will apply to that open source software. The license terms 
below in this Schedule 2 are from the public web site at 
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991 
Copyright © 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 
USA
Everyone is  permitted to copy and  distribute verbatim 
copies  of  this  license  document,  but  changing  it  is  not 
allowed.
Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away 
your freedom  to share and change it. By contrast, the 










