> > I installed Delphi explorer (not the for .net version) the > other day > > and the license didn't say free for commercial development > from what I > > remember! Do you say that the .Net version (have to install it at > > another OS since Borland doesn't allow one to install both > on the same > > OS for some reason), say it's free for commercial stuff? Sounds > > strange to me > > From Turbo Delphi FAQ: > > http://bdn.borland.com/article/33659#7CanIusetheTurboExplorerE > ditionforcommercialdevelopment > > Q: Can I use the Turbo Explorer Edition for commercial development? > > Yes. Explorer Edition can be used for developing software for > both personal and commercial use. > >
Thanks, seems I totally misread the license shown by the installer (it was late hours when I installed it) I don't get it though, they say "Can't add additional components." for the Explorer version, but as others have posted on this list, you can add more components to the user components package, you just can't add new packages. Wonder if they allowed that by mistake So since you can get say Indy from the web (they don't included it at the explorer version) for free, you can do nice stuff with Explorer version too (both the Win32 and the .NET version), I suppose the FAQ on the license above applies to both. Will check out the explorer versions a bit more then btw, my biggest rant with Delphi is that it's a nightmare for component providers like me - I sell binary version of my QuickTime VCL components and can't provide one binary for all Delphi versions [say from 3 and up], plus Borland doesn't sell a pack with all Delphi versions in it [have suggested it to them in the past, but not sure if they'll do it someday]. Result is that the ActiveX version of the control sells more and is easier to maintain since its one version for all targets (autogenerated via Delphi wizards wrapping the VCL version and just added some property pages [that I wonder why VCL controls don't provide too themselves] for the ActiveX control to make it more user-friendly). The ActiveX control version though doesn't have the benefit of not-installing-stuff-to-the-user-machine as the VCL version has that compiles inside the EXE. I think there's some way to load (or trick it to load) an ActiveX control dynamically without installing it, but haven't researched that enough to devise some solution ---------------- George Birbilis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Computer & Informatics Engineer Microsoft MVP J# for 2004-2006 Borland "Spirit of Delphi" ++ QuickTime, Delphi, ActiveX, .NET components ++ http://www.kagi.com/birbilis ++ Robotics ++ http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~Robotics http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~robgroup _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0644-0, 30/10/2006 Tested on: 1/11/2006 12:02:34 p? avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
