Very good news regarding SGraph... the author has replied and generously granted permission for modified versions of the source to be distributed, provided that his authorship credits are retained. His reply below should clarify the licensing questions about this package from now on.
I've verified that my converted sources still compile with the latest rpm release of Lazarus and will post them to the lazarus-ccr cvs this weekend. -Tom ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: S P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 24, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: Sgraph 2.4 for Lazarus... To: Tom Lisjac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Tom Lisjac Please accept my apology for delay; I did not check this account after the new year :). The SGraph is completely free. I tried to keep it code from modifications while I was developing it and due to that I provided main code in unstructured form without comments. I admire that you can modify SGraph code. Now the only requirement is that modified revision has to mention original SGraph and nothing more. You can distribute changed code of the SGraph everywhere you want. I also have received message form Radek and sent him answer too. Thanks you for efforts to advance free software. Best regards Serguei Podiatchev or Sergei Pod'yachev :-) -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lisjac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:21:43 -0700 Subject: Sgraph 2.4 for Lazarus... > Hi Sergie, > > I wrote to you in 2003 about SGraph. At the time, I had converted the > sources to compile with the Lazarus IDE and Free Pascal Compiler and > was hoping to post my changes to the Lazarus Code and Component > Repository: > > http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/ > > In my email of 2003, I asked if you would allow the source > modifications to be posted. Your existing license prohibits the > posting of modified source files and your wishes were and will > continue to be respected. > > I never received a reply to my original email, but interest in SGraph > remains high and a number of people have recently asked me about my > conversion efforts. We could post diff patches but this would not be > very convenient for people trying to install the components. Are there > any circumstances or conditions where you would consider allowing the > conversion of the main source files to be posted on the lazarus-ccr? > > Best regards, > > -Tom Lisjac > _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
