Hi Lucas and all, On Sunday 06 November 2005 20:58, Lucas Vogelsang wrote: > > Von: Bob Paddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 think there's a difference between copying the information and using the information. > But how can one have a copyright on a description like: > > 1: GND > 2: CLK > 3: Vcc > 4: PORTD Someone may have worked hard on typing the information in that computer readable manner. > 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. ???: I'm voting for equal rights for every part ;-) regards Werner PS: I should stop reading the books of Lawrence Lessig. It makes me paranoid.
