[ILUG] Header files and GPL

[Frank Duignan]

2009/1/16 <paul at clubi.ie>

> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Frank Duignan wrote:
>
>  No money involved - safe way to go is to ask the chip manufacturers I
>> suppose. If they are anti gpl then there a public domain release might suit
>> though I would prefer GPL.
>>
>
> Just copy the constants and interface definitions to a new header file.
>
> Public domain, GPL, etc.. do not apply to non-expressive, factual matter
> such as those.
>
> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma      paul at clubi.ie   paul at jakma.org  Key ID: 64A2FF6A
> Fortune:
> Your reasoning is ............................. (fill in the blank)
>
>        - Russell King on the linux-arm mailing list
>
Ok, my level of interaction with the header files in question is just
symbolic names for registers and masks (no functions).  Based on what's been
said I'll just construct a reduced size header file with only the constants
I need.  If register names are not copyrightable then there should be no
problem right?