[Lazarus] I ported some components, not sure if I can publish them :-(

[Luca Olivetti]

Marco van de Voort escribió:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:22:18AM +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>>>> In Germany, "public domain" does not exist. One *can not* give up
>>>> the copyright. But one can allow unrestricted use.
>>> So what would you think reading that license?
>> You must ask the author to public it under a license that fits better.
> 
> To me the text is totally clear. I do this from the perspective of Dutch
> law, but afaik most countries continental European law is not that
> different, since they all are signatories of the Bern convention.
> 
> Before that, let's first define PD, PD is where the 
> 
> The first part grants a license with rights comparable to works with expired
> copyright (the PD, also in Germany afaik, one just can't "put" it there). 
> 
> The second part can mean two things:
> - (the more likely one) He grants a non-exclusive license. IOW he can still
> do with the source as he pleases. So, the author is not limited by the
> license (though that wouldn't be that bad in practice)
> - He doesn't waive "Persoonlijksrecht" (personal rights), which are fairly
> limited rights like "being able to be named the author of the work". These
> rights are pretty much inalienable anyway, but naming them can sometimes
> make litigation easier.
> 
> In the context of continental law, this is pretty much more liberal than a
> BSD license. The BSD license explicit limits misrepresenting the source,
> this license is only bound by the law sets. (and its loopholes)

Ok, I finally published it, I hope that the author notices and contacts me.

http://wiki.freepascal.org/RackCtls
http://ventoso.org/luca/rackctls/

Bye
-- 
Luca