Open Source Software - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500/ET 200MP System Manual

Safety information
2.2 General safety instructions
2.2.7

Open Source Software

This product, solution or service ("Product") contains third-party software components. These
components are Open Source Software licensed under a license approved by the Open
Source Initiative (https://www.opensource.com) or similar licenses as determined by SIEMENS
("OSS") and/or commercial or freeware software components. With respect to the OSS
components, the applicable OSS license conditions prevail over any other terms and
conditions covering the Product. The OSS portions of this Product are provided royalty-free
and can be used at no charge.
If SIEMENS has combined or linked certain components of the Product with/to OSS
components licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2 or later as per the definition of the
applicable license, and if use of the corresponding object file is not unrestricted ("LGPL
Licensed Module", whereas the LGPL Licensed Module and the components that the LGPL
Licensed Module is combined with or linked to is the "Combined Product"), the following
additional rights apply, if the relevant LGPL license criteria are met: (i) you are entitled to
modify the Combined Product for your own use, including but not limited to the right to
modify the Combined Product to relink modified versions of the LGPL Licensed Module, and
(ii) you may reverse-engineer the Combined Product, but only to debug your modifications.
The modification right does not include the right to distribute such modifications and you
shall maintain in confidence any information resulting from such reverse-engineering of a
Combined Product.
Certain OSS licenses require SIEMENS to make source code available, for example, the GNU
General Public License, the GNU Lesser General Public License and the Mozilla Public License.
If such licenses are applicable and this Product is not shipped with the required source code, a
copy of this source code can be obtained by anyone in receipt of this information during the
period required by the applicable OSS licenses by contacting the following address:
Siemens AG
LC DI FA SL
Werner-von-Siemens Str. 60
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Keyword: Open Source Request (please specify Product name and version, if applicable)
SIEMENS may charge a handling fee of up to 5 EUR to fulfil the request.
Warranty regarding further use of the Open Source Software
SIEMENS' warranty obligations are set forth in your agreement with SIEMENS. If you modify
the product or the OSS components or use them in a way other than that specified by
SIEMENS, the warranty will be voided and no technical support will be provided. The
following license terms may contain limitations of liability that apply between you and the
respective licensor. For the avoidance of doubt, SIEMENS does not make any warranty
commitment on behalf of or binding upon any third-party licensor. The Open Source
Software used in the product and the license agreements concerning this software can be
found in the Readme_OSS.
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