From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Nov 28 09:43:40 2008
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2CF1065672
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:43:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from des@des.no)
Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BC9C8FC12
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:43:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from des@des.no)
Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [84.49.246.2])
	by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DFDC6D43F;
	Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:43:39 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001)
	id 51D22844FF; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:43:39 +0100 (CET)
From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Patrick =?utf-8?Q?Lamaizi=C3=A8re?= <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
References: <20080121170155.GC51116@hamlet.SetFilePointer.com>
	<20713056.post@talk.nabble.com> <20081127221007.31c07ed8@baby-jane>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:43:39 +0100
In-Reply-To: <20081127221007.31c07ed8@baby-jane> ("Patrick =?utf-8?Q?Lamai?=
	=?utf-8?Q?zi=C3=A8re=22's?=
	message of "Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:10:07 +0100")
Message-ID: <86hc5syylw.fsf@ds4.des.no>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Cc: ancelgray <ancelgray@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Hardware support for AMD Geode CS5536 audio?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:43:40 -0000

Patrick Lamaizi=C3=A8re <patfbsd@davenulle.org> writes:
> You cannot include a file under the GPL license without being
> contaminated.  Even a simple .h with only some #define.

On the contrary, as was settled in SCO v. IBM, constant and structure
definitions are not copyrightable if they are dictated by external
factors, such as compatibility with existing software or hardware.

There are even cases in which actual code is not copyrightable,
specifically if the algorithm it implements is so simple that no
reasonable programmer would have implemented it in any other way.

(SCO tried to argue, among other things, that Linux had stolen errno.h
from SCO Unix)

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no