Ross Paterson wrote:
That is a delicate way of putting it. It appears that you've used almost all of his text.
... as a basis. And that's exactly what should be expected for a library binding: Either you follow the initial specs exactly or you don't really do a binding.
Even though no money is involved, calling this fair use and ignoring his notice is quite a stretch.
Well, the amount of work used is of course an issue, but not *the* issue, see e.g.: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm#test I use Mark's published (see 2.) work in a non-profit way (1.), but not to a small amount (3.). But there is no market for the GLUT docs and I neither compete with Mark's work nor do I take away royalties from him (4.). So this *is* a fair use IMO, but IANAL... And to restate: I do not "simply ignore" Mark's notice, he ignores any attempt of communication on this issue. Cheers, S.