>>Some years ago there was a Delphi compiler named Sibyl
>>for OS2 from a German company. Now it's under GPL.
>
>
> No, if you read well, you'll see that only the modifications of the author
> are under GPL.
>
> It does say something about (parts of) Sybil being published on the homepage,
> but not strictly that they are GPL.
???
The sources are marked as GPL:
Example:
º º
º Sibyl Visual Development Environment º
º º
º Copyright (C) 1995,99 SpeedSoft Germany, All rights reserved. º
º º
º º
º Sibyl Integrated Development Environment (IDE) º
º Object-oriented development system. º
º º
º Copyright (C) 1995,99 SpeedSoft GbR, Germany º
º º
º This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it º
º under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by º
º the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at º
º your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope º
º that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the º
º implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR º
º PURPOSE. º
º See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have º
º received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this º
º program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple º
º Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. º
º º
º In summary the original copyright holders (SpeedSoft) grant you the º
º right to: º
º º
º - Freely modify and publish the sources provided that your modification º
º is entirely free and you also make the modified source code available º
º to all for free (except a fee for disk/CD production etc). º
º º
º - Adapt the sources to other platforms and make the result available º
º for free. º
º º
º Under this licence you are not allowed to: º
º º
º - Create a commercial product on whatever platform that is based on the º
º whole or parts of the sources covered by the license agreement. The º
º entire program or development environment must also be published º
º under the GNU General Public License as entirely free. º
º º
º - Remove any of the copyright comments in the source files. º
º º
º - Disclosure any content of the source files or use parts of the source º
º files to create commercial products. You always must make available º
º all source files whether modified or not. º
º º
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