| To: | Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@bun.falkenberg.se> |
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| Subject: | Re: Copying include files from IRIX? |
| From: | Mike Shaver <shaver@netscape.com> |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:24:25 -0500 |
| Cc: | SGI Linux <linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com> |
| Organization: | Just Another Snake Cult |
| References: | <Pine.LNX.3.96.990126120309.12068K-100000@lager.engsoc.carleton.ca> <19990126175936.A414@bun.falkenberg.se> |
| Sender: | owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com |
Ulf Carlsson wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 12:04:27PM -0500, Alex deVries wrote: > > I can steal everything directly from the IRIX include files, but I wonder > > about copyright issues. > > > > What should I do about this? > > They can't copyright an interface. But that's not what Alex is talking about. SGI can't prevent us (should they even want to!) from writing headers that correspond to the interface, but they could certainly protect their expression of that interface. Mike -- 87087.51 71746.30 |
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