On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 08:58:53PM +0100, Lucas Vogelsang wrote: > > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > > Von: Bob Paddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > An: geda-user@seul.org > > Betreff: Re: gEDA-user: Autogeneration of schematic symbols > > Datum: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 07:24:49 -0500 > > > > On Sunday 06 November 2005 06:34 am, Werner Hoch wrote: > > > > > Another thing is the legal issue. Is it allowed to use that pin > > > descriptions or does someone see any copyright problems? > > > > 99.9995%+ of data sheets have copyrights on them. If we can't use the pin > > descriptions then we are all screwed.
I don't know US and Swiss law, but I know securely that CZ law doesn't allow to have copyright on anything simple like that. It has to be proper work with obvious originality, and technical plans, mathematical formulae etc. are explicitly taken out of copyright in the very text of the law itself. > > > > But how can one have a copyright on a description like: > > 1: GND > 2: CLK > 3: Vcc > 4: PORTD There is no originality in "1: GND 2: CLK 3: Vcc 4: PORTD". It doesn't classify as author work with all the feature of originality and statistical significance, so this is 100% legal in CZ. > In this case it is obvious that one uses this pinout description so they > can't say anything against this. Of course this may not be the same for very > complex PICs but I think it should be OK to use for normal not too special For the very complex PIC it's the same from legal point of view (at least in CZ). CL< > parts. > > > > > Lucas > > -- > Highspeed-Freiheit. Bei GMX supergünstig, z.B. GMX DSL_Cityflat, > DSL-Flatrate für nur 4,99 Euro/Monat* http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
