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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>
Subject: Re: COMScope Released for Win32
Date: 1999/04/28
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In article <37269760.823D47F1@Botton.com>,
  David Botton <David@Botton.com> wrote:
> When complete these tools will not only allow you to use
> and create your own custom COM objects, it will generate
> bindings to any of Microsoft's COM based services such as
> MSMQ, Database Access Objects, DirectX, an more. In
> addition Microsoft provides a type library for the Win32
> API allowing for a complete Ada binding to the Win32 API
> to be automatically generated.
>
> David Botton
>


Note that if indeed a binding can be generated
automatically, that solves the copyright problem. The
current Win32 bindings are copyright Microsoft, and cannot
be freely copied. However, a program that generates
bindings can be freely distributed (if the author so
decides :-)


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