NOTICE

NOTICE

This repository is part of the STEPSS (Static and Transient Electric Power
Systems Simulation) suite developed by the Sustainable Power Systems Lab (SPS-L).

The source code in this repository is licensed under the Apache License,
Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

IMPORTANT — Proprietary Components
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The STEPSS suite includes compiled executables of the following components that
are NOT covered by the Apache License 2.0:

RAMSES (Dynamic Simulator)
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RAMSES, the solver of differential-algebraic equations, is the property of the
University of Liège, Belgium, and is distributed under a separate proprietary
license:

  - Permission is granted to use RAMSES free of charge for any non-commercial
    purpose, including teaching and research at universities, colleges, and
    other educational institutions, research at non-profit research
    institutions, and personal non-profit purposes.

  - For commercial use of RAMSES (including but not restricted to consulting
    activities, design of commercial hardware or software products, or
    participation by a commercial entity in research projects), you must
    contact the Authors for an appropriate license.

  - The free-of-charge version of RAMSES is limited to power system models of
    up to 1000 buses and execution using no more than 2 cores.

  - RAMSES is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind.

PFC (Power Flow Computation) and CODEGEN (Model Generator)
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PFC and CODEGEN are the property of Dr. Thierry Van Cutsem. They are
distributed as compiled executables that are free to use but are not
open-source. Their source code is not included in any of the STEPSS
repositories.

Authors:
  - Dr. Petros Aristidou (petros.aristidou@cut.ac.cy)
  - Dr. Thierry Van Cutsem (thierry.h.van.cutsem@gmail.com)