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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>
Subject: Re: COMScope Released for Win32
Date: 1999/04/30
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In article <3727366A.AF688F45@Botton.com>,
  David Botton <David@Botton.com> wrote:
> I imagine there possibly might be restrictions on the .tlb file
> itself, but just like creating a .lib or lib*.a file from a DLL for a
> compiler, there should be no restrictions on a file produced from a
> tlb.

I would not count on this legal interpretation! It is pretty clear
that the file produced from the tlb file is a derived work, just as
the Ada binding to Win32 is a derived work, and I am sure Microsoft
would claim copyright on it, just as they do on the Ada binding.

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