Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:59:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ian Miller <itmiller AT dra DOT hmg DOT gb>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Win32 development question
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On 20 Feb 1997, Ian Miller wrote:

> Is the Win32 API not itself under Microsoft copyright? I'm sure
> the Windows 95 licence agreement specifically excludes reverse
> engineering its code. Surely that in itself prevents anyone
> from porting the GNU tools to Win32 as free software.

FSF released their own, GPL'ed version of Win32 API, so it must be 
possible, Microsoft lawyers notwithstanding.

> If not,
> where can I find a (on-line?) definition of the API and all the
> relevant file formats?

Try looking at the GNU version:

  ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/windows32api-0.1.2.tar.gz