Copyright violation by republishing the HID Usage Tables?

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Copyright violation by republishing the HID Usage Tables?

Closed this issue a year ago · 3 comments

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?

Answer 1 · 2023-01-25T23:28:08.000Z

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

Answer 2 · 2023-01-30T19:21:28.000Z

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.

Answer 3 · 2023-03-09T20:10:50.000Z

@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.