LICENSE

Simple Open EtherCAT Master Library

Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Speciaal Machinefabriek Ketels v.o.f.
Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Arthur Ketels
Copyright (C) 2008-2009 TU/e Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Copyright (C) 2009-2017 rt-labs AB, Sweden

SOEM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software
Foundation.

SOEM 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.

As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use macros or
inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and link it with other
works to produce a work based on this file, this file does not by itself cause
the resulting work to be covered by the GNU General Public License. However the
source code for this file must still be made available in accordance with
section (3) of the GNU General Public License.

This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on this
file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.

The EtherCAT Technology, the trade name and logo "EtherCAT" are the intellectual
property of, and protected by Beckhoff Automation GmbH. You can use SOEM for the
sole purpose of creating, using and/or selling or otherwise distributing an
EtherCAT network master provided that an EtherCAT Master License is obtained
from Beckhoff Automation GmbH.

In case you did not receive a copy of the EtherCAT Master License along with
SOEM write to Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Eiserstrasse 5, D-33415 Verl, Germany
(www.beckhoff.com).