Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] FW: [ros-dev] headers suggestion

[Dimitri Papadopoulos-O. <pap...@sh...>]

Hi,

> You must understand the difference between a copyrighted work and
> the information it carries. The information in the work cannot be
> copyrighted, but a representation of it can. In some cases the
> information in a work can be patented though. Fair use is what
> allows others to use the same names in definitions in order to
> achieve interoperability.

OK, that's also my understanding of copyright. But Microsoft's terms of 
use still claim that you  "may not [...] create derivative works from 
[...] any information [...] obtained from the Services." Are we 
reasonably sure that Microsoft cannot claim in court that w32api headers 
are a derivative work of the information obtained from the MSDN library? 
I do think that any court would not follow them, but maybe you or 
someone else can comment on that?

Also, why the information from the SDK documentation would have 
different status from the information from the MSDN on-line library?

Dimitri