Windows API and druntime/Phobos

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Friday, 27 January 2012 at 18:16:38 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
> On Wednesday, 25 January 2012 at 19:27:47 UTC, Vladimir 
> Panteleev wrote:
>> I support putting all public domain modules from the Win32 
>> bindings project into Druntime.
>>
>> The entirety of the Windows API modules (headers in C) and 
>> accompanying import libraries are an integral part of The 
>> Windows SDK.
>
> Public domain? PSDK is not public domain. Isn't "Microsoft & 
> public domain" an oxymoron?

The files in the Windows API bindings project are translations 
from the MinGW headers, which were created based on the 
documentation (which explains the occasional errors). The MinGW 
headers are public domain. Considering that MinGW is not an 
obscure project, I think we're on safe legal ground here.