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Originally Posted by kipper2k
So are you saying i cannot create a circuit that does not do anything unless an end user solders the MPU and programs it. ?
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Let put thing in order:
- if you create a circuit from scratch, or be reverse-engineer (where allowed) an existing one, you are the "original" creator of that circuit, and you can do whatever you want with it.
- If you create a circuit by deriving it from someone else's design (deriving could mean, e.g., taking some parts, fixing some other parts, etc) then you MUST follow his wills and his licensing model. If the license states you have to apply to your "new" design the same license which applied to the original design, you MUST do it. If the license says you have to disclose full sources, because the original design did, you have to follow that rule.
Isn't it plain and simple ?