NOTICE

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Components Redistribution Notice
====================================================

The artifacts under this directory (vendor/cuobj/) and the NVIDIA-derived
headers under include/miniocpp/ (cuda.h, nvidia-cufile.h,
nvidia-cuobjclient.h) are NOT covered by the minio-cpp Apache License
2.0. They originate from NVIDIA Corporation and are redistributed under
the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit End User License Agreement.

A verbatim copy of that agreement is included in this directory as
EULA.txt. By building or distributing minio-cpp with
-DMINIO_CPP_ENABLE_RDMA=ON you accept that EULA for the components
listed below.


Coverage under CUDA Toolkit EULA §2.6 Attachment A
--------------------------------------------------

The EULA's §2.6 Attachment A enumerates components that may be
distributed with applications developed by you. The cuFile and cuObj
components we vendor here all appear in that enumeration:

  Component: NVIDIA CUDA File IO Libraries and Header
    All:    cufile.h
    Linux:  libcufile.so, libcufile_rdma.so, libcufile_static.a,
            libcufile_rdma_static.a

  Component: Accelerated CUDA Libraries for Object Storage
    All:    libcuobjclient.so, libcuobjserver.so, cuobjclient.h,
            cuobjrdma.h, cuobjrdmaparam.h, cuobjserver.h, cuobjtelem.h

  Component: CUDA Headers for Runtime Compilation
    All:    cuda.h, cuda_runtime_api.h, ...

(See EULA.txt for the complete and authoritative list.)


What is vendored
----------------

  vendor/cuobj/lib/libcufile.so.1.18.0       (and SONAME aliases)
  vendor/cuobj/lib/libcufile_rdma.so.1.18.0  (and SONAME aliases)
      NVIDIA cuFile (GPUDirect Storage) shared libraries, v1.18.0.
      Covered by Attachment A entry "NVIDIA CUDA File IO Libraries
      and Header".

  vendor/cuobj/lib/libcuobjclient.so.1.2.0  (and SONAME aliases)
  vendor/cuobj/lib/libcuobjserver.so.1.2.0  (and SONAME aliases)
      NVIDIA cuObjClient / cuObjServer libraries, v1.2.0.
      Covered by Attachment A entry "Accelerated CUDA Libraries for
      Object Storage".

  vendor/cuobj/include/cuda.h
  include/miniocpp/cuda.h
      The CUDA driver API header, required for type declarations
      (CUdeviceptr, CUstream, etc.) that appear in cuFile / cuObj API
      signatures. Covered by Attachment A entry "CUDA Headers for
      Runtime Compilation". minio-cpp itself does not call any CUDA
      driver or runtime symbol.

  include/miniocpp/nvidia-cufile.h
  include/miniocpp/nvidia-cuobjclient.h
      Public-facing API headers for the cuFile and cuObj libraries.
      Covered by the cuFile and Object Storage Attachment A entries
      above.


Compatibility with the minio-cpp Apache 2.0 license
---------------------------------------------------

Apache License 2.0 is a permissive license. It does not impose any of
the restrictions that the CUDA EULA §1.2(5) reserves against: it does
not require source disclosure of linked binary components, it does not
require derivative licensing of linked components, and it does not
require linked binary components to be redistributable at no charge.
Apache 2.0 §4 expressly permits distributing the licensed work alongside
components that carry "additional or different license terms".

Accordingly, shipping the NVIDIA artifacts under this directory inside
minio-cpp does NOT subject those artifacts to Apache 2.0; they remain
governed exclusively by EULA.txt. The Apache 2.0 grant in the top-level
LICENSE applies only to minio-cpp's own source code and does not extend
to anything in vendor/cuobj/ or the NVIDIA-derived headers listed above.


Scope of this notice
--------------------

This NOTICE and the accompanying EULA.txt apply ONLY to files under
vendor/cuobj/ and to the NVIDIA-derived headers include/miniocpp/cuda.h,
nvidia-cufile.h, and nvidia-cuobjclient.h. The rest of minio-cpp is
licensed under the Apache License 2.0 — see the top-level LICENSE file.

Building minio-cpp with -DMINIO_CPP_ENABLE_RDMA=OFF (the default) omits
the entire vendor/cuobj/ tree and the NVIDIA-derived headers from the
build, so consumers who do not need GPUDirect Storage / RDMA can ignore
this notice entirely.

For questions about the EULA terms, contact NVIDIA at
nvidia-compute-license-questions@nvidia.com (per EULA.txt §2.5).