2009/1/16 <paul at clubi.ie>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Frank Duignan wrote:
>> No money involved - safe way to go is to ask the chip manufacturers I
>> suppose. If they are anti gpl then there a public domain release might suit
>> though I would prefer GPL.
>>>> Just copy the constants and interface definitions to a new header file.
>> Public domain, GPL, etc.. do not apply to non-expressive, factual matter
> such as those.
>> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma paul at clubi.iepaul at jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A
> Fortune:
> Your reasoning is ............................. (fill in the blank)
>> - Russell King on the linux-arm mailing list
>Ok, my level of interaction with the header files in question is just
symbolic names for registers and masks (no functions). Based on what's been
said I'll just construct a reduced size header file with only the constants
I need. If register names are not copyrightable then there should be no
problem right?
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