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License and Copyright

The authors place little restriction on the use of this benchmark for non-commercial purposes. We ask that you acknowledge this benchmark and its authors in any program, paper, or derived work in which you used the benchmark or results thereof. Neither this benchmark, nor any included files, may be distributed in any form as a part of a commercial product without the express, written permission of MIT. (You will also need to negotiate separately with the authors of all the included FFT code. Good luck.)

Furthermore, copyrights of all included FFT software packages are owned by the respective authors. We ask that you respect the copyrights and usage restrictions of these programs. If you plan to use any of the FFT programs separately from the benchmark, please download the original software packages (where possible) and read and abide by any usage restrictions described therein. (Links to where the programs may be found are located in the FFT Software section of this documentation.)

Users should especially note that one of the included FFT implementations, GSL, is covered by the GNU General Public License.

In addition, MIT requires that you comply with the following statement:

Copyright © 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to use, copy, modify, and distribute the Software without restriction, provided the Software, including any modified copies made under this license, is not distributed for a fee, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

If you have any questions regarding the usage of this software, don't hesitate to contact us.


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