> Besides, there are plenty of MC lawyers (I've met a few 'cause my 
> website improperly stated that
> I design PIC software, and I'd left out a few copyright notices)
in many countries trademarks tend to come with protect it or lose it clauses, since microchip values the pic trademark they have to do stuff like that.

copyright otoh has no such clauses so like microsoft and adobe they can tolerate infringement when it is in thier interests to do so.


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