On Sun, 25 May 2008 10:21:38 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 25 May 2008, Vladimir Zhirov wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've got a question about the license of unit avl_tree.pp, that > > comes with FCL. FPC FAQ states that > > > > > Applications created by the compiler and using the runtime library > > > come under a modified library gnu public license (LGPL), which > > > permit no restriction on the type of license the application has. > > > > Meanwhile, the avl_tree.pp contains the following comment: > > > > > This source is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > > > modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > > > as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 > > > of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. > > > > AVL_Tree unit is used by dom.pp. > > > > So the question is: are there any restrictions on the license of > > applications that use dom.pp and avl_tree.pp? > > Normally, the FPC FAQ is correct. > > Mattias Gaertner (of the Lazarus team) wrote the unit. Lazarus > switched to the same license as FPC. However, at that time the unit > source was already moved to the FCL package, and I suppose he forgot > to update the license text. The avl_tree unit was from the codetools that were and still are GPL-2. I agreed with the license change of FPC but someone else did the license change of FPC's svn and forgot it. Maybe you should check other units too? > I'll ask him if it is OK to switch the license text to the standard > FPC license text. I do not expect problems, but I'll mail you in > person to say that it is OK. > > Good enough ? Mattias _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
