The use of the schematic to generate a netlist and then the pcb is where a copyright violation might occure.
For those interested in these issues have a look at the following site. http://www.jenkins-ip.com/serv/serv_6.htm Steve M. On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 15:22 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > I also don't think you can verbatum copy someones schematics and > > re-layout the board without violating the schematics copyright. > > I think you can if you don't copy or redistribute the schematic > itself. IANAL, but I think the schematic as a *published work* > (printout or file), is protected by copyright. However, the schematic > as an *idea* is not; you'd need a patent to protect it. > > PCB layouts are different, because the layout itself exists in what > might be "published form" as the copper on the PCB. > > BIOS is different because it's software, which is more similar to a > written work than a physical object. Although they're trying to > patent the ideas behind software now, too. > > Note that this is why I set my library "use-license" to "unlimited". > I don't like worrying about these types of problems. > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user