[ILUG] Header files and GPL

[Niall Walsh]

Quoting Karl O'Dwyer <me at karlodwyer.net>:

> A tricky one, if the manufacturer does not expressly state the
> licencing and offers them freely on the Internet then they may be
> considered to be in the public domain.

Everything which can be copyrighted is by default protected by  
copyright and not public domain.  The copyright owner must actively  
put something into the public domain or else you will have to wait for  
the copyright to expire (if it ever will).

It "may" be in the public domain but it is highly unlikely and  
certainly a very bad idea to presume it is.

Niall

p.s. usual disclaimers like IANAL and YMMV depending upon what  
countries laws apply in any specific case

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