Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Those .h files were held to be not protected by copyright because no >> > viable alternatives were available to interface with the system. > >> > It's hard to see how this reasoning would apply in a context where there >> > is some viable alternative available to interface with the system. > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 04:15:57AM +0200, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> Alternative to what? There can be no alternative to the full set of >> interfaces to the system. Are you trying to argue, that several >> interfaces exist, use of each one is protected due to the existence of >> the others? > > For example: gcc provides a command line interface as an alternative to > rebuilding gcc every time you need to compile a program.
Thanks for mentioning command lines. Running a program from the command line, usually involves passing it options. These options are (obviously) copies of strings from the actual program. Can this copying be a copyright violation? IMHO, it is no different, in principle, from using function names declared in a header file. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
