On Sunday 06 November 2005 02:58 pm, Lucas Vogelsang wrote: > > 99.9995%+ of data sheets have copyrights on them. If we > > can't use the pin descriptions then we are all screwed. > > But how can one have a copyright on a description like: > > 1: GND > 2: CLK > 3: Vcc > 4: PORTD > > 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 > parts.
In a legal sense, it is something like "fair use". Using the info to make schematic symbols or the like are considered to be fair use, and therefore legal.
