If this is so, there is no need to regenerate the files: we can just put our copyright on the existing ones and declare that they are GPLed...
Borut On 03/30/2011 08:31 PM, Weston Schmidt wrote: > Preface: I'm not a layer. > > I read the copyright information sections in several of the > datasheets. The datasheets do not impose any additional terms like > the license that applies to the MPLAB code bundle (which I also > read). I also asked PJ from Groklaw about facts in a datasheet (this > doesn't constitute legal advice, but is a second opinion): > > "Facts are not copyrightable, but a collection of facts in a certain > order, etc. could be, not the facts themselves but their arrangement > in the whole." > > So my interpretation is that by extracting the facts, breaking the > presentation into a different arrangement (xml file, arbitrary > ordering, etc.) constitutes a new work that can be copyrighted > separately (the facts in my documents are still not copyright-able, so > someone else could do exactly the same thing with my work). > > --Wes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
