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author Vas Crabb <vas@vastheman.com>2020-08-29 01:16:27 +1000
committer Vas Crabb <vas@vastheman.com>2020-08-29 01:16:27 +1000
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netlist: Remove copyright-infringing descriptions copy/pasted from datasheets.
Certain things are not considered "creative works" under copyright law, making them ineligible for copyright protection. This includes pinouts (facts), descriptions of circuits (utilitarian), integrated circuit lithography masks (utilitarian, but there's a separate field of IP law protecting them), and character shapes (utilitarian). However, many of these descriptions are substantial enough to be treated creative works. A number of them include suggested applications. There are situations where reproducing the descriptions may be permitted, for example: * The publisher may permit reproducing the entire datasheet for reference. * In some jurisdictions, fair use doctrine may allow the description to be quoted in its entirety in a larger creative work (e.g. in a research paper, patent application, or an original description of a circuit utilising the device). * Some jurisdictions allow reproduction of no more than 50% of a creative work for inclusion in teaching materials. I am not confident that these soure code comments qualify as a situation where the long-form descriptions can be copied verbatim lawfully, especially without reproducing copyright notices for them. If you want long form plain language descriptions in the comments, you need to write them yourself. That way, you will be the copyright holder of the creative work, and you can make it availble under a permissive or "copyleft" license.
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