On 17 May 2016 at 11:41, Graeme Geldenhuys <mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
> I just had a similar thread in the FPC mailing list. The “Simplified > BSD” (2-clause) license is as “free” as you can get, but apparently it > doesn’t fit in with the goals of Free Pascal’s FCL, so no BSD licensed > components will be accepted in the FCL. I believe that is very > unfortunate, but I respect there wishes. > That is the precisely the disconnect that I am worried about. It may seem, especially for new comers, that all FPC/Lazarus sources are GPL/LGPL licensed, and short of checking every source file/folder it is impossible to tell otherwise. Q1: Should all bundled code, whether it is FCL or LCL or otherwise, follow the standard FPC/Lazarus licensing schema? So far it feels to be on a case-by-case basis. Q2: Maybe libraries and components which do not fall under the same licensing terms should be moved to a separate folder, to help developers identify portions of code which require an inspection of the licensing terms before their use? Denis
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