Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?

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From: Dave Sill
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 1990 15:32

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In article <1990Mar30.031346.18362@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu>,
coolidge@casca.cs.uiuc.edu (John Coolidge) writes:
> seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:
> >
> >Also, rms has stated that a program which mereley includes a *header file*
> >from the libg++ stuff falls under the copyleft.
> 
> This is much more problematic, because header files are, indeed, source
> code (at least in C++) because they contain inlines.

No, they're source code because they're source code.  Code needn't
generate executable commands to qualify as source code.

> On the other hand, header files are _also_ interface specifications...

It doesn't matter what else they are, they're source code.
Copyrighted, licensed, source code subject to the GNU GPL.

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