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NOTICE

From NOTICE in ReCarbon's repository.

ReCarbon
Copyright (C) 2026 ReCarbon contributors

ReCarbon is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version (GPL-3.0-or-later). The full text of version 3 is in COPYING.

ReCarbon is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

ReCarbon is derived from SpeedBreaker
(https://github.com/SpeedBreakerProject/speedbreaker),
Copyright (C) 2026 project(u) and SpeedBreaker contributors, GPL-3.0-or-later.
Files taken from SpeedBreaker keep its attribution; changes are noted in each
file. From SpeedBreaker v0.1.7 (31849f5): runtime/ (minus its NFS: Most Wanted
game layer, replaced by runtime/game/title_hooks.cpp), recomp/, the CMake build,
survey/, patches/xenonrecomp/0001-0008, patches/ffmpeg/, tests/ and scripts/.
Third-party components are listed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
XenonRecomp (MIT), Xenia (BSD-3-Clause), FFmpeg and libmspack (LGPL-2.1) and the
other components are used under their own licenses: see the LICENSES folder.

ReCarbon is an unofficial, fan-made project. It is not affiliated with,
endorsed by, or sponsored by Electronic Arts Inc. or the Need for Speed brand.
"Need for Speed" and "Carbon" are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. All other
trademarks belong to their respective owners.

No game files are included or distributed. You need your own legally obtained
backup (a disc image) of your own Xbox 360 disc of Need for Speed: Carbon.