Lpc2000

Tom, 

> Well, apparently you went to a different school than I did.  

Unless you went to Bournemouth School then, yes, I did indeed go to a
different school.

> Copyright can only be asserted on an original work, simply
> reformatting an existing work does not automagically create
> a copyright.

Hell, I didn't simply reformat any of Philips documents.  Constructing
an XML description of a part *is* an original work IMO.  You don't get
anything other than numbers, names, and punctuation in the XML
description so it's hardly plagiarism.

> Nor does "sweat" justify assigning a copyright.

You know what, I didn't claim it did.

> Respectfully, it is my opinion that you spend some time looking into
copyright practice.

I know all about copyright thanks.  Given good ties with many silicon
manufacturers I'm happy with what our company produces and the copyright
we assert, and the same is true with other tool vendors I'm sure.  This
is an argument I'm not being drawn into.

--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, AVR and now MAXQ processors