General License and Warranty Information
The CACD distribution contains software that can freely be used and software
that has restricted usage rights. The software that has restricted usage
rights consists of the executables "space, space3d, Xspace, helios and match"
(from now on called "the Space software"). The other parts of this
distribution can be used without any restriction.
For the complete distribution it holds that NO WARRANTY of any kind is
given with regard to the use of the software, nor that the authors shall
be liable for direct or indirect damages in connection with the use of the
software.
Copyright © 1992-2018: Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
All rights reserved.
The distribution of "the Space software" is only intended for evaluation and
educational purposes. Without permission of Delft University of Technology
it is not allowed to use this software for other (e.g. commercial) purposes.
If research results are based on the use of the Space software, then special
rules apply (see
below.)
Principal authors of the Space software are: Arjan van Genderen, Nick van
der Meijs, Frederik Beeftink, Peter Elias, Ulrich Geigenmuller, Simon de
Graaf, Theo Smedes and Kees-Jan van der Kolk.
There are two possibilities to use the Space software:
(1) by applying for a royalty free evaluation license for a limited time,
(2) by applying for a permanent, royalty free, educational license.
Evaluation License
The evaluation license can be requested using the
command "
lictool -r", as described
here.
Educational License
You can obtain a royalty free permanent license for the Space software
for educational purposes by printing out the form at
this
location, filling it out, and sending it to:
Nick van der Meijs
Circuits and Systems Section
Delft University of Technology
Department of Electrical Engineering
Mekelweg 4
2628 CD Delft
fax: 31-15-2786190
If you experience problems with the application form, or if you have
questions regarding the license, please feel free to contact us via
e-mail:
space-support-ewi@tudelft.nl
Use of Space for Research
If research results are obtained directly or indirectly by the use of
the Space software, then Delft University of Technology and the authors
of the software demand that reference is made to Space and the Space
website in any publication related to the research. The literal text of
the reference should be:
Space layout to circuit extractor, Delft University of Technology,
http://www.space.tudelft.nl
It is allowed to add punctuation characters to the above text, or to
rearrange the order of the fields, as long as the interpretation of
the message is not altered.
