Re: decapped CBM MOS

From: smf <*smf_at_null.net*> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 13:37:10 +0100 Message-ID: <93ea0d74-b2d0-c809-597e-cc7472e2930e@null.net> · smf_at_null.net

On 04/06/2016 04:55, William Levak wrote:
> Chip masks are usually copyrighted.  But in order to get the 
> copyright, you have to provide a copy of the image, which becomes 
> public record.
> Theoretically, you could get a copy of the image from the Library of 
> Congress.

You can certainly copyright a picture of the chip die, but your 
copyright would only cover duplication of that picture. You couldn't 
stop anyone else taking a picture.

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