Chris@10: @node License and Copyright, Concept Index, Acknowledgments, Top
Chris@10: @chapter License and Copyright
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Chris@10: FFTW is Copyright @copyright{} 2003, 2007-11 Matteo Frigo, Copyright
Chris@10: @copyright{} 2003, 2007-11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Chris@10: FFTW is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
Chris@10: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
Chris@10: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
Chris@10: (at your option) any later version.
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Chris@10: This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
Chris@10: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
Chris@10: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
Chris@10: GNU General Public License for more details.
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Chris@10: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
Chris@10: with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
Chris@10: 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA You can also
Chris@10: find the @uref{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html, GPL on the GNU
Chris@10: web site}.
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Chris@10: In addition, we kindly ask you to acknowledge FFTW and its authors in
Chris@10: any program or publication in which you use FFTW.  (You are not
Chris@10: @emph{required} to do so; it is up to your common sense to decide
Chris@10: whether you want to comply with this request or not.)  For general
Chris@10: publications, we suggest referencing: Matteo Frigo and Steven
Chris@10: G. Johnson, ``The design and implementation of FFTW3,''
Chris@10: @i{Proc. IEEE} @b{93} (2), 216--231 (2005).
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Chris@10: Non-free versions of FFTW are available under terms different from those
Chris@10: of the General Public License. (e.g. they do not require you to
Chris@10: accompany any object code using FFTW with the corresponding source
Chris@10: code.)  For these alternative terms you must purchase a license from MIT's
Chris@10: Technology Licensing Office.  Users interested in such a license should
Chris@10: contact us (@email{fftw@@fftw.org}) for more information.
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