Re: IEEE copyrighted files in vhdl tools

[MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>]

Jeff Carr <basilarchia@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a standard. You can't change it. If you want to change it, you
> have to petition the IEEE VHDL standards body.
> http://www.eda.org/vhdl-200x/

It is desirable to have the freedom to modify it, for things like
experimentation or developing new standards.  Of course, modified
versions shouldn't be described as implementing the standard.

Hope that explains,
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