# VTR License

The software package "VTR" includes the software tools ODIN II, ABC, and VPR as
well as additional benchmarks, documentation, libraries and scripts. The authors
of the various components of VTR retain their ownership of their tools.

* Unless otherwise noted (in particular ABC, the benchmark circuits and some libraries),
all software, documents, and scripts in VTR, follows the standard MIT license described
[here](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) copied below for
your convenience:

> The MIT License (MIT)
>
> Copyright 2012 VTR Developers
>
> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
> this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
> the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
> use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
> of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
> so, subject to the following conditions:
>
> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
> copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
> SOFTWARE.

* Terms and conditions for ABC is found
[here](http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alanmi/abc/copyright.htm) copied below
for your convenience:

> Copyright (c) The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
>
> Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without license or
> royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation for any purpose, provided that the above copyright notice and the
> following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.
>
> IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR
> DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
> THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF
> CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>
> THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
> BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
> A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
> AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
> SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.

The benchmark circuits are all open source but each have their own
individual terms and conditions which are listed in the source code of each
benchmark.

Subject to these conditions, the software is provided free of charge to all
interested parties.

If you do decide to use this tool, please reference our work as references are
important in academia.

Donations in the form of research grants to promote further research and
development on the tools will be gladly accepted, either anonymously or with
attribution on our future publications.