[Lazarus] Reviving Delphi 7

[Lance Collins]

At 04:36 AM 15/08/2008, you wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 09:14:18PM +1000, Lance Collins wrote:
> > I assume you guys know about this
> >
> > http://www.tahionic.com/reviving-Delphi/index.html
>
> > Once they 'fix' the Delphi 7 VCL a lot of the work may be applicable
> > to Lazarus.
>
>No, since they still would be under copyright. Which is also why the effort
>is silly, unless they have written permission from Borland. It's still
>publishing copyrighted material.

It's their problem.  If they do get something together surely a 
comparison of the code they publish with the LCL may suggest possible 
bug fixes and enhancements to the LCL.
I'm not suggesting any line for line copying by the Lazarus team.