| # 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. |
| |
