On Sat, 5 Jan 2008, Chris Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > > Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > So this is one area where you, our users, can make a big difference and help > > us > > in preventing this from happening in the future, as well as with notifying > > us as > > soon as possible when it does happen (or when you know it happened in the > > past). > > Most importantly: please ensure that you *never* submit patches based on > > code copyrighted by third parties. > > > > For the FPC Team, > > > > Michael. > > > > > > > On browsing through the code of $FPCdir/packages/fcl-db/src/dbase/dbf.pas I > came across the following (line 20-22) > > // If you got a compilation error here or asking for dsgnintf.pas, then just > add > // this file in your project: > // dsgnintf.pas in 'C: \Program > Files\Borland\Delphi5\Source\Toolsapi\dsgnintf.pas' > > Should this be removed? Does it infringe copyright? Is it even useful? No, this is not a copyright infringement; TDBF needs to compile with older Delphi versions, and in Delphi 5 certain functions were in dsgnintf.pas, a unit that should normally never end up in an end-user program. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
