> It happened in CZ that someone did this with my Ronja and I was > pissed and I thought what he did was illegal. But looked into the > law and finally understood electronics design cannot be protected by > copyright there, so it turned out he didn't do anything illegal. Is > it different in the US?
I think, in the US, that the schematics and layout are protected by copyright, but the actual design may only be protected by patent. I.e. someone can build a copy of Ronja, but may not copy your schematics without permission. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
