[lazarus] kylix 2 (OE) -> FSF components-is it possible?

[Keith Bowes]

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From: "AgentOrange" <Vasily.Volchenko at mstu.edu.ru>
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:38 AM
Subject: [lazarus] kylix 2 (OE) -> FSF components-is it possible?


> License of kylix 2 (OE) prohibits using its IDE in competing projects
(except plugins for Kylix or smth. so, I am not a loyer and English is not
my native language). But it is possible to develop a component (for example,
now I am
> developing rich text (not rtf) control) and publish it as a GPL. Is it
possible to me (or only for someone else) take this GPL-ed control and ajust
to another delphi-like project? (lazarus or so).

I'm not a student of the legal system either, but it seems to me that a
viable loophole would be to develop a component for Lazarus and then port it
to Delphi/Kylix (or better yet, design it to work in both, if possible).

> As for lazarus, I think, gtk is not a good idea. Idea of fpgui was well,
but it died.
>

Part of what makes Lazarus an interesting project is you can bind it to any
API you choose.  You're not stuck with whatever the authors choose; you can
develop any interface you want if you don't like GTK.  But, as I've
experienced in trying to develop a native Win32 interface, that's easier
said than done.

Keith