Copyright violation by republishing the HID Usage Tables?

microsoft / hidtools

Human Interface Device (HID) Tools for Windows and Devices

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Copyright violation by republishing the HID Usage Tables? #7

Closed bjanders closed 1 year ago

bjanders commented 1 year ago

I'm not the copyright holder, so it's not really my business, but still wondering if it is intentional. This repository distributes hut1_3_0.pdf. The document's copyright notice says:

THIS SPECIFICATION MAY NOT BE REPUBLISHED EXTERNALLY OR OTHERWISE TO THE PUBLIC.

Does Microsoft have the permission to republish it here?

bjanders commented 1 year ago

At least it seems it's not possible to fork this repo without violating the license, I think as a layman (not a lawyer).

matwilli commented 1 year ago

Thanks @bjanders, this does strike me as a problem and I appreciate you bringing this up. I've reached-out to the USB-IF for their guidance, and they are still reviewing it. I'll respond back to this thread when I hear back, and what a solution could look like.

matwilli commented 1 year ago

@bjanders I've heard back from the USB-IF and they agree the PDF shouldn't be included in the repo. I've modified the build process so it now downloads the PDF at compile-time, mitigating this problem.