6 - The GHDL front-end package ``std.textio``, and the runtime library ``GRT`` are given under :ref:`LIC:GPLv2`.
7 - The documentation is given under :ref:`LIC:CC-BY-SA`.
10 As a consequence of the runtime copyright, you are not allowed to distribute an executable produced by GHDL without allowing
11 access to the VHDL sources. Please, send a comment (:ref:`requesting_enhancements`) if you don't like this policy.
13 The following packages are copyrighted by third parties (see corresponding sources for more information):
15 * These from library ``ieee`` are copyrighted by `Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) <https://www.ieee.org>`__:
17 * Since December 2019, standard and IEEE libraries are distributed under Apache 2.0 and available at
18 `opensource.ieee.org/vasg/Packages <https://opensource.ieee.org/vasg/Packages>`__. GHDL includes backports of those
19 libraries for earlier revisions of the standard.
20 * ``VITAL_Primitives``, ``VITAL_Timing`` and ``VITAL_Memory`` are not include in the open source distribution of IEEE (see `IEEE 1076.4 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/954750/>`__).
22 * The following sources may be used and distributed without restriction, provided that the copyright statements are not
23 removed from the files and that any derivative work contains the copyright notice.
25 * ``synopsys`` directory: ``std_logic_arith``, ``std_logic_signed``, ``std_logic_unsigned`` and ``std_logic_textio`` are
26 copyrighted by `Synopsys, Inc. <https://www.synopsys.com/>`__
27 * ``mentor`` directory: ``std_logic_arith`` is copyrighted by `Mentor Graphics <https://www.mentor.com>`__.
34 GHDL is copyright |copy| 2002 - 2022 Tristan Gingold.
36 This program 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
38 This program 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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`__ for more details.
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59 Contributor [#f1]_ Role
60 ============================= ===============================================================================================================
61 Baggett, Jonas signal selection
62 Bertram, Felix VPI interface
63 Davis, Brian Windows Mcode builds
64 Drummond, Brian GCC 4.8.2 update, OSVVM port, some bugfixes
65 Gingold, Tristan [#f2]_ **Sole author of GHDL as a whole**
66 Jensen, Adam FreeBSD builds
67 Koch, Markus vendor pre-compile script for Lattice (GNU/Linux)
68 Koontz, David Mac OSX builds, LRM compliance work, bugfix analyses
69 Lehmann, Patrick Windows compile scripts, vendor library pre-compile scripts (win+lin), building in MinGW, AppVeyor integration.
70 Meißner, Torsten Property Specification Language (PSL): docs, tests, synthesis support
71 Martinez-Corral, Unai [#f2]_ ghdl-cosim, setup-ghdl-ci, docs, docker/CI, MSYS2 packaging, building/testing on ARM, termux builds
72 van Rantwijk, Joris Debian packaging
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78 from helpers import createShields
79 createShields('shields')
81 Only those who made substantial contributions are shown in the table above, but many others contributed with minor patches. You can find a list at |SHIELD:contributors|
83 With apologies to anyone who ought to be either on this table or in the GitHub contributor list, but isn't. Thanks also to all those who have reported bugs and support issues, and often patches and testcases to either the late gna! website or `sourceforge.net/p/ghdl-updates/tickets <https://sourceforge.net/p/ghdl-updates/tickets/>`__.
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87 .. container:: footnotes
91 .. [#f1] In alphabetical order