"Georg Wrede" <georg.wrede@nospam.org> wrote in message news:44241111.8040701@nospam.org...
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> But it would be better if the windows.d files are public domain, then
>>  there's no issue at all.
> IMHO, it would be appropriate if DMD used "genuine" M$ headers, and GDC used PD headers. After all, DMD is a closed-source product, and it comes from an established, single vendor. (So what, if it's free as in beer.) DMD is also the Official D compiler, as in credibility with the suits.

I've been redoing many of the Phobos imports as public domain, especially ones that are just interfaces to C code, and I don't see any credibility problems with it.