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Migen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under Unless otherwise noted, Migen is copyright (C) 2011-2013 Sebastien Bourdeauducq.
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free The simulation extension (as mentioned in the comments at the beginning of the
Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. This program is corresponding source files) is copyright (C) 2012 Vermeer Manufacturing Co. All
distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY rights reserved.
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
more details.
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(GPL) are hereby granted. The purpose of this exception is to allow are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
non-GPL (including proprietary) logic cores to be used in conjunction
with code generated by Migen in a design.
"Generated" code refers to Verilog or VHDL code that has been obtained 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
by converting FHDL structures using Migen. list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
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To "instantiate" is to include and connect another module as specified THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
in section 12.1.2 of the IEEE standard 1364-2001 or in section 9.6 of ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
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generated code.
The availability of this exception does not imply any general Other authors retain ownership of their contributions. If a submission can
presumption that third-party software is unaffected by the copyleft reasonably be considered independently copyrightable, it's yours and we
requirements of the license of Migen. encourage you to claim it with appropriate copyright notices. This submission
then falls under the "otherwise noted" category. All submissions are strongly
Unless otherwise noted, Migen's source code is copyright (C) 2011-2012 encouraged to use the two-clause BSD license reproduced above.
Sebastien Bourdeauducq.
The simulation extension (as mentioned in the comments at the beginning
of the corresponding source files) is copyright (C) 2012 Vermeer
Manufacturing Co.
Other authors retain ownership of their contributions. If a submission
can reasonably be considered independently copyrightable, it's yours and
I encourage you to claim it with appropriate copyright notices. This
submission then falls under the "otherwise noted" category. All
submissions must use a license compatible with the GPL and the exception
above.

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Migen is the foundation of the next-generation Milkymist SoC. Migen is the foundation of the next-generation Milkymist SoC.
See the doc/ folder for a more complete description. See the doc/ folder for more technical information.
Code repository: Code repository:
https://github.com/milkymist/migen https://github.com/milkymist/migen
New Milkymist SoC based on Migen: New Milkymist SoC based on Migen:
https://github.com/milkymist/milkymist-ng https://github.com/milkymist/milkymist-ng
Migen is designed for Python 3. Migen is designed for Python 3.3.
Send questions, comments and patches to devel [AT] lists.milkymist.org Migen is released under the very permissive two-clause BSD license. Under the
There is a lot of room for improvement in many areas, contributions welcome. terms of this license, you are authorized to use Migen for closed-source
We are also on IRC: #milkymist on the Freenode network. proprietary designs.
Even though we do not require you to do so, those things are awesome, so please
do them if possible:
* tell us that you are using Migen
* put the Migen logo (doc/migen_logo.svg) on the page of a product using it,
with a link to milkymist.org
* cite Migen in publications related to research it has helped
* send us feedback and suggestions for improvements
* send us bug reports when something goes wrong
* send us the modifications and improvements you have done to Migen. The use
of "git format-patch" is recommended. If your submission is large and
complex and/or you are not sure how to proceed, feel free to discuss it on
the mailing list or IRC (#milkymist on Freenode) beforehand.
See LICENSE file for copyright and license info. See LICENSE file for full copyright and license info. You can contact us on the
public mailing list devel [AT] lists.milkymist.org.
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