From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 technical docs and man pages - licensed or "public domain"?
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:58:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87b3013b3f0007eb3ab5e63f56c3ce47@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <500F6896.4010605@paradise.net.nz>
> In looking at Tim Newsham's P9.py, he has a comment in the code - "9P
> protocol implementation as documented in plan9 intro(5) and <fcall.h>."
> ( I would likely be even more cautious and avoid looking at any header
> files if possible. )
> Thanks again, Andrey - you've been very helpful!
section 5 of the manual should be a complete description of the protocol.
the comment might be slightly misleading.
that not withstanding, ianal, but my understanding is that header files, are
considered similar to facts under copyright law, and therefore not copyrightable.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-25 3:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-25 0:24 Andy Elvey
2012-07-25 2:18 ` hiro
2012-07-25 2:47 ` andrey mirtchovski
2012-07-25 2:52 ` andrey mirtchovski
2012-07-25 3:31 ` Andy Elvey
2012-07-25 3:58 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2012-07-25 4:06 ` John Floren
2012-07-25 6:01 ` Andy Elvey
2012-07-25 14:14 ` David Leimbach
2012-07-25 4:08 ` andrey mirtchovski
[not found] ` <CAK4xykXO3AGWN_=LjeCOdNXsP1pq-6iy+M6Srm6ch4BrAz01sA@mail.gmail.c>
2012-07-25 4:10 ` erik quanstrom
2012-07-25 4:33 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2012-07-25 5:09 ` Jens Staal
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