On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Johannes Nohl wrote:
> Dear List! > > > Well, because a lot of people asked that this is a FAQ for FPC: > > http://www.freepascal.org/faq.html#general-license as well as for > > lazarus: > > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1#q56 > > I had a look in the FAQ section, this is the answer to licence questions: > > "Yes. > The Lazarus Component Library LCL is licensed under the LGPL So, you > can use it for nearly anything, as long as you tell your users, that > you use the LCL and where they can find the source. > See the COPYING files for details. > The IDE is licensed under the GPL." > > The FPC-FAQ is more clear, they tell me I can do what I want (THIS is > really EASY to understand). What does the Lazarus site mean? The same as FPC. The text you refer to should be slighly adapted, because actually the LCL license is identical to the license of the RTL shipped with FPC. > - How do I have to tell people - a about menu, on the download page or > in a contract with costumers? This is up to you. > - The source is the source of LCL not of the created application? What > is the location, www.lazarus.freepascal.org or sourceforge.net? The source is the LCL source. > > Would the licence be compatible with the paragraph published on > FPC-FAQ: "It is therefore possible to create closed source or > proprietary software using Lazarus[Free Pascal]" Yes. To the lazarus devels, I suggest you update the WIKI page, and add a reference to the COPYING.LCL file that comes with the sources, and which explicitly states that <quote> The source code of the Lazarus Component Library and interfaces are distributed under the Library GNU General Public License (see the file COPYING) with the following modification: - object files and libraries linked into an application may be distributed without source code. <end of quote> Michael. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
