Weren't header files specifically cleared in some ruling? Didn't SCO try to pull a fast one with header files? ...but I get what you're saying - perhaps nobody as yet tried to pull an "SSO" on a set of .h files.

I just had another thought. You know how sometimes they'll obfuscate function names to hinder decompiling? Suppose in that vein, one used "Lyrical" function names like...

// API.h
#ifndef API_H
#define API_H


void TheDaffodils(int William, char *pWadsworth);
void OftWhenOn(void);
int MyCouch(char I, int lie);
LPBYTE InVacant(int or, int pensive, char *pMood)
void TheyFlashUpon(void);
int ThatInwardEye(void);
void WhichIs(int the, int bliss);
void OfSolitude(int the, int end);

#endif

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• APIs in a different language... - Authored by: Ian Al on Friday, June 01 2012 @ 09:21 AM EDT

Should a line need to be drawn to exclude certain manifestations of programs from copyright, that line should be drawn on a case-by-case basis by the institution designed to make fine distinctions — the federal judiciary.

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Real Programmers mangle their own memory.

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