Re: Copyright problems for the opensource reimplementation of a closed-source library (ITP #679504)
On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 11:35:34AM +0200, Christophe-Marie Duquesne wrote:
> I want the libary to be a fully compatible runtime and compile-time
> replacement for the closed-source one, so I have no choice but to use
> the exact same symbol names in my header. What I do is I take the
> header of the closed-source library, wipe out the comments and
> elaborated macros, and then implement all the functions of the exposed
> API in a .c file. As a consequence, there is very little actual
> difference between my header and the one of the closed-source library.
To avoid any implication that anything from the headers has been
copied, why not just use the output of "nm [-D]". This is the
interface that programs use to link with the library, and is
what you need to provide as a drop-in replacement.
Regards,
Roger
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