Re: What exactly is Derivative ?
On Sun, Mar 21, 1999 at 07:40:14PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > No, the header files are really included inthe derived work.
>
> I don't see that. The function names are, but those are pretty much the
> same as page numbers. You can't copyright words.
gcc does include the header files in the compilation process. They are
processed and translated and mangled in many different ways, but they are
still included in some way. A good test is to remove the header files and
try to compile again, it won't work.
Thanks,
Marcus
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