Am 30.03.2011 23:26, schrieb Kustaa Nyholm: > >> I already explained them that we have scripts to convert >> MPASM include files to .c and .h files. This is not a problem for them, >> they just want that the statement is valid for the generated files too. > > See, they want to claim that they own the names and addresses which they > can't > and which would in my mind be wrong in the moral sense as well.
Using the documentation instead of the XML database / MPASM include files IMO seems more likely to be legal wrt. to database copyright. > >> >> Maybe you are right and legally we don't have to obey them, but this is >> their moral right which we have to respect. > > I strongly disagree with that view. There is are no moral grounds giving > them monopoly and exclusive right to those hex addresses and names of > the registers. > Indeed that would be against good of the society as it > would hinder technical progress and economical growth. So is most of copyright and patent law. Philipp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
