Re: gEDA-user: copyright on schematics, PCBs etc.

[Bob Paddock <bpaddock@csonline.net>]

On Friday 05 November 2004 12:15 pm, Daniel J Wisehart wrote:
> It depends on what country you live in, but in the US (from
> http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci)

In a nut-shell the Brene Convention is the international version of Copyright.

BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html

"This Convention, which was originally adopted in 1886, is the world's oldest 
and most widely adopted international copyright treaty. Berne requires a 
member nation to provide the same copyright protection to authors who are 
nationals of other Berne member nations that it provides to its own 
nationals....

On October 31, 1988, President Reagan signed a bill amending the Copyright Act 
to make it compatible with Berne, and the U.S. took the formal steps 
necessary to become a member of Berne. The effective date of both the Act and 
the United States' membership in the Berne Convention is March 1, 1989."

http://www.gesmer.com/publications/softcopy/7.php

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