Re: gEDA-user: licensing (GPL or otherwise) for hardware?

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 02:26:44PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > It happened in CZ that someone did this with my Ronja and I was
> > pissed and I thought what he did was illegal. But looked into the
> > law and finally understood electronics design cannot be protected by
> > copyright there, so it turned out he didn't do anything illegal. Is
> > it different in the US?
> 
> I think, in the US, that the schematics and layout are protected by
> copyright, but the actual design may only be protected by patent.
> I.e. someone can build a copy of Ronja, but may not copy your
> schematics without permission.

He didn't actually copy the schematic. He just built devices according to it,
added his own mechanics, and sold it without giving the sources to the
mechanics to that people. That's not illegal even is US then as you say.

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