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Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]

From: Christopher Faylor <me at cgf dot cx>
To: newlib at sources dot redhat dot com, Shaun Jackman <sjackman at gmail dot com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:14:29 -0400
Subject: Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
References: <7f45d93905040616067944c7be@mail.gmail.com> <4255C9C3.10706@redhat.com> <7f45d93905040810123f15f985@mail.gmail.com> <4256C4A9.7020902@redhat.com> <7f45d9390504081136596d2609@mail.gmail.com> <20050408190546.GA14200@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <4256E908.7040702@redhat.com> <7f45d93905040813372d59db22@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:37:59PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
>I thought header files for standard functions were essentially
>derivative works, since the function declarations are usually verbatim
>from the standard they draw from. How then is it possible to license
>the derivative work (libgen.h here, for example, under the Cygwin
>license) without giving attribution to the original work or mentioning
>its license?

We're wicked smaht.

cgf

References:
- libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
  - From: Shaun Jackman
- Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
  - From: Jeff Johnston
- Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
  - From: Shaun Jackman
- Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
  - From: Christopher Faylor
- Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
  - From: Jeff Johnston
- Re: libgen: basename and dirname [PATCH]
  - From: Shaun Jackman

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