Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Klaus Krause writes ("Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?"): > However, the files are just lists of register names and locations. So if > the files are not under copyright, I guess that copyright note could be > ignored? Yes. The ftpmasters

Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-11 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Am 11.01.2018 um 10:49 schrieb Paul Wise: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > >> The source file would be pic16f1320.inc, which is part of gputils (which >> is packaged in Debian, the .inc file gets installed to >> /usr/share/gputils/header/pic16f1320.inc). > > Hmm,

Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-11 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > The source file would be pic16f1320.inc, which is part of gputils (which > is packaged in Debian, the .inc file gets installed to > /usr/share/gputils/header/pic16f1320.inc). Hmm, I'm not sure these files should be in Debian main, a

Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-10 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 01/10/2018 09:47 PM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 1:13 AM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: > >> It is widely held in the IT industry, and in technical industries in >> general, that interface descriptions and definitions can not be legally >> protected as that would stop development and

Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-10 Thread Paul Wise
ated from publicly available? Do they list any copyright/license information? > Are the register names and locations under copyright? Is the generated > header file under copyright? If yes, who are the owners of the > copyright? Does the situation vary across jurisdictions? > > SDCC

Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-10 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 1:13 AM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: > It is widely held in the IT industry, and in technical industries in > general, that interface descriptions and definitions can not be legally > protected as that would stop development and production of compatible > replacement parts by

Re: Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-10 Thread Milan Kupcevic
replacement parts by third parties. This widely held belief could be changed by a court decision or a new law in any given jurisdiction at any time. > > Are the register names and locations under copyright? Is the generated > header file under copyright? If yes, who are the owners of

Are register names and locations under copyright?

2018-01-10 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
). Are the register names and locations under copyright? Is the generated header file under copyright? If yes, who are the owners of the copyright? Does the situation vary across jurisdictions? SDCC developers are currently unsure about this. To err on the safe side, all such headers live in a separate directory