Dick, Because only artistic works, software and chip masks are protected by copyright (internationally). Functional items such a PCB boards are not protected. Using library data to make a board is "using" your copy of the data anyhoo: not copying it and distributing it... So you can make whatever boards you want from the library data and your boards will not be subject to any copyright provisions the author of the data attempted to attach to them. This also appies to entire board designs.
--brian On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 03/21/2012 07:21 AM, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: > > Miguel, > > > > Printed circuit board designs are not protected under copyright. > > > > --brian > > Why not? > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Brian F. G. Bidulock � The reasonable man adapts himself to the � bidul...@openss7.org � world; the unreasonable one persists in � http://www.openss7.org/ � trying to adapt the world to himself. � � Therefore all progress depends on the � � unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw �
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