Olin Lathrop wrote: > Alan B. Pearce wrote: > >>> No it doesn't. All it says is that you have to copy the >>> copyright notice at the top of the file. Once you do that, >>> you are free to use it any way you want, including selling >>> derived copies for profit. So yes, my copyright notice at >>> the start of your macros include file is the price for using >>> DBANKIF. >>> >> I would have thought the heading file at the top of the macro include >> file would be enough for that, as it would appear in the listing file. >> > > I meant if you copy macros out of my file individually to your file, you > have to put the copyright notice at the top of your file. Of course if you > just reference my file with a include directive, then you're all set. > Unless your macro-processor *copies* the copyright macro in to the file that get assembled in to your program. In which case your entire program is now a derivative of Olin's code, and you no longer own anything. Tell the world I am wrong, but then you'll be wrong. Anyone a lawyer? Does the macro pre-processor copy the macro for every macro reference in the main program? My feeling is that it does! Rolf -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist