In our previous episode, James Buren said: > I have some questions about the RTL and FPC and how it effects what > license I can use for my source. > > 1) Does FPC impose any license restrictions for the programs I compile > with it?
Only via the RTL. > 2) Does the RTL impose a license restriction if all I do is link my > program to it? LGPL with static linking exception. See COPYING.FPC in your distribution. > 3) Any thing else I should know about the license conditions? Some of the header sets in packages/ can have other licenses, usually more liberal, or MPL-LGPL dual license. The external packages that are linked to (like mysql) can have pretty much any license, GPL and worse. > 4) Finally, are there any good books or similar that would help with > learning the free pascal implementation of extensions to the original > pascal? All I seem to have to go on is a basic tutorial introduction and > the reference manual for the compiler. No, but you can use most Delphi sources (the core dialect roughly up to D7) since FPC's pedigree is more oriented towards Turbo Pascal-Delphi. The extensions relative to those are relative minor. If you have extensive standard or ISO Pascal sources, Scott Moore's page has a reasonable list of differences between Turbo Pascal derivatives and standard Pascal. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
