Richard Martin wrote:
> 
> [SOT] Some of what I'm asking can come from RTFM but maybe
> someone already has thought (fought?) it through. It is useful
> to this forum and I will see that a summary 'position' gets posted here.
> 
> My question is "What are the Philips licencing rules for I2c"?
> In the simplest case Philips grants a licence to anyone using
> (at least one?) Philips I2C part in the system. Further (?) does this
> carry through for, say, a PIC which has I2C capabilities (I assume
> PIC and other silicon vendors must have made a deal with Philips).
> This seems to get less clear for systems that do not use I2C silicon.

I think that you only need I2C licence for a slave. I am probably 
wrong <G>, but that is how I have it.

I had a bookmark somewhere that pointed directly to the rules 
on the philips site, but lost it. Keep looking - it is there 
somewhere...

http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/handbook/handbook_38.html

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