On Nov 19, 2003, at 16:58, Joachim Breitner wrote:
Ok, I guess people that are more into law will tell me that this does not really work,
Copyright law gives rights to the copyright holder(s), their assignees, etc., not the general public.
The only person who can sue for copyright violation is the copyright holder. Obviously, it'd be extremely stupid (and likely to get them and their lawyers reprimanded/fined/disbarred/etc) if Atmel sued Atmel for copyright infringement.