"Peter L. Peres" wrote:
> 
> While I do not really mind, this should be known. It means code posted on
> the piclist becomes public domain and may be used by commercial 3rd
> parties as a 'resource':

Uhhh, wasn't that the reason you shared the code in the
first place?? If you post ANYTHING, ANYWHERE (list, newsgroup,
web site) it is effectively 'public domain', even though
you -should- be able to retain your copyrights to it.
 
> http://www.microchipc.com/PIC_tips_4.asp
> 
> I was not aware of any affiliation of http://www.microchipc.com/ with
> piclist, www.piclist.com aor aything else.

They have an explicit disclaimer.
"
This site is a completely separate site to www.microchip.com, 
and is maintained independently of Microchip Ltd., 
manufacturers of the PIC micro.
All code on this site is free for non-commercial use. 
Commercial use normally free, however, it is prohibited 
without contacting DesignREM Ltd. for permission.

{but they do NOT have the authority to GRANT permission,
so what's the point of the footer?}

All content on this site created by Shane Tolmie is 
Copyrighted by Shane Tolmie 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
================

EXCUSE ME???
The people who posted the "original work" own the copyright.
By posting publicly, they may have given up that right.
Shane CANNOT then lay claim to some else's work.

> Is this list's archive public, or not. Once and for all.

piclist.com is publically accessible, so this list
is effectively PUBLIC.

For a time it was also gated into a newsgroup, 
WITHOUT proper email address filtering, with the
result that many posters were spammed as punishment
for their contribution to piclist.

The noted site has some nice resources, BUT
it's only a matter of time before Microchip sends
their lawyers after him for trademark infringement.
Look at how Tony's picmicro.com site was forced to
change names because of corporate lawyering.

Robert
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