SID - an embedded system simulation framework Copyright 1999, 2000 Red Hat. 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, or (at your option) any later version. 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 for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this software; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Note 1: The SID simulator framework is designed to allow independently built component libraries to plug into an executable, according to a standard open API and run-time linking ABI. It is our position that such runtime dynamic linking is mere aggregation for purposes of Copyright, and therefore, SID component libraries are not automatically considered derived works of each other or of an executable. This means that third party components do not have to be covered by the GNU General Public License, merely by virtue of being potentially loaded together within a SID simulation. This clause does not however invalidate any other reasons why the component library or executable might be covered by the GNU General Public License. Note 2: The header files in the include/ subdirectory are licensed under the GPL with the following exception clause. These files may be used as a part of a free software library without restriction. Specifically, if a component library or executable instantiates templates or use macros or inline functions from these files, these files do not by themselves cause the resulting component library or executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the component library or executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.