NOTICE — Third-Party Copyrights and Licenses
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neospice is licensed under the MIT License (see LICENSE). However, portions of
the device model code in src/devices/ are derived from or translated from
third-party sources that retain their own copyright notices and license terms.
These are documented below.


1. University of California, Berkeley — SPICE3 / BSIM
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The following device models contain code derived from UC Berkeley's SPICE3
simulator and BSIM compact model implementations. Original copyright notices
are preserved in each source file.

  Copyright 1990-2010 Regents of the University of California.
  All rights reserved.

  Devices: bjt, dio, jfet, ltra, mes, mos1, mos3, mos9, vbic,
           bsim3 (v3.3.0), bsim3v32 (v3.2.4), bsim4v7 (v4.7.0), bsimsoi

  Authors include: Thomas L. Quarles, Min-Chie Jeng, Weidong Liu,
  Xuemei Xi, Mansun Chan, Mohan Dunga, Ali Niknejad, Chenming Hu,
  Wenwei Yang, Darsen Lu, Samuel Fung, Dennis Sinitsky, Stephen Tang,
  Pin Su, Hui Wan, Wei Jin, Chung-Hsun Lin, Tanvir Morshed,
  Jaijeet S. Roychowdhury.

  The BSIM4 model is subject to additional terms of use from the
  UC Berkeley BSIM Research Group (see below).

BSIM4 Terms of Use (UC Berkeley BSIM Research Group):

  Software is distributed as is, completely without warranty or service
  support. The University of California and its employees are not liable
  for the condition or performance of the software.

  The University of California grants the users the right to modify, copy,
  and redistribute the software and documentation, subject to the following
  restrictions:

  1. The users agree not to charge for the University of California code
     itself but may charge for additions, extensions, or support.

  2. In any product based on the software, the users agree to acknowledge
     the UC Berkeley BSIM Research Group that developed the software. This
     acknowledgment shall appear in the product documentation.

  3. The users agree to obey all U.S. Government restrictions governing
     redistribution or export of the software.

  4. The users agree to reproduce any copyright notice which appears on
     the software on any copy or modification of such made available
     to others.


2. Sydney University — JFET Modifications
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  Copyright (c) 1989 Anthony E. Parker, David J. Skellern
  Laboratory for Communication Science Engineering
  Sydney University Department of Electrical Engineering, Australia

  Device: jfet (modifications to the UC Berkeley JFET model)


3. Macquarie University — Parker-Skellern JFET2 Model
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  Copyright 1994 Macquarie University, Sydney Australia.
  Author: Anthony E. Parker

  Device: jfet2 (PS model additions to the UC Berkeley JFET model)


4. Hiroshima University & STARC — HiSIM2
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  HiSIM (Hiroshima University STARC IGFET Model)
  Copyright (C) 2012 Hiroshima University &
  Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC)

  MODEL NAME: HiSIM (VERSION 2, SUBVERSION 7, REVISION 0)
  Device: hisim2

  Software is distributed as is, completely without warranty or service
  support. Hiroshima University and STARC own the copyright and grant users
  a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license
  with respect to the software, subject to the following restrictions:

  1. The users agree not to charge for Hiroshima University and STARC code
     itself but may charge for additions, extensions, or support.

  2. In any product based on the software, the users agree to acknowledge
     Hiroshima University and STARC that developed the software. This
     acknowledgment shall appear in the product documentation.

  3. The users agree to reproduce any copyright notice which appears on the
     software on any copy or modification of such made available to others.


5. Hiroshima University & STARC — HiSIM_HV
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  HiSIM (Hiroshima University STARC IGFET Model)
  Copyright (C) 2014 Hiroshima University &
  Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC)

  MODEL NAME: HiSIM_HV (VERSION 2, SUBVERSION 2, REVISION 0)
  Device: hisimhv

  The source code and all copyrights, trade secrets or other intellectual
  property rights are owned by Hiroshima University and STARC. License terms
  are identical to HiSIM2 above.

  Signed: Toshimasa Asahara, Mitiko Miura-Mattausch (Hiroshima University),
  Katsuhiro Shimohigashi (STARC) — June 2008, revised October 2011.


6. MacSpice3f4 — HFET Models
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  Imported from MacSpice3f4 — Antony Wilson
  Modified: Paolo Nenzi

  Devices: hfet1 (Curtice Cubic), hfet2 (Chalmers)


7. VBIC Model — Additional Credits
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  Model Author: 1995 Colin McAndrew, Motorola
  Spice3 Implementation: 2003 Dietmar Warning, DAnalyse GmbH

  Device: vbic (within the UC Berkeley copyright framework)


8. ngspice Community Contributors
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  Several device models include modifications by:
  - Paolo Nenzi (2002-2003)
  - Dietmar Warning (2003-2012)
  - Alan Gillespie ("AlansFixes", 2000)

  These modifications were made within the UC Berkeley SPICE3 license
  framework.
