Re: [fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-05 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Sat, 5 Oct 2019, Bart wrote: On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:26 AM Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > What if this piece of code ends up in the compiler? > Can Embarcadero (or however they're called these days) sue us? We'll just have to make sure the code isn't copied. The problem here is that

Re: [fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-05 Thread Bart
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:26 AM Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > What if this piece of code ends up in the compiler? > > Can Embarcadero (or however they're called these days) sue us? > > We'll just have to make sure the code isn't copied. The problem here is that everyone could have come up with

Re: [fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-04 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019, Bart wrote: On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 10:52 PM Michael Van Canneyt wrote: I tend to agree on this, I think this is harmless. You'd have to throw away large parts of stackoverflow if this was enforced rigorously. What if this piece of code ends up in the compiler? Can

Re: [fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-04 Thread Bart
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 10:52 PM Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > I tend to agree on this, I think this is harmless. > > You'd have to throw away large parts of stackoverflow if this was enforced > rigorously. What if this piece of code ends up in the compiler? Can Embarcadero (or however they're

Re: [fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-04 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019, Kai Burghardt wrote: Ahoy! On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 10:23:34PM +0200, Bart wrote: It appears that this is coe copied from some Delphi version. In general, I side with the FSF. Citing code - i.e. a /small/ excerpt _naming_ the source - is legit. No software patents! I

Re: [fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-04 Thread Kai Burghardt
Ahoy! On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 10:23:34PM +0200, Bart wrote: > It appears that this is coe copied from some Delphi version. In general, I side with the FSF. Citing code - i.e. a /small/ excerpt _naming_ the source - is legit. No software patents! -- Sincerely yours Kai Burghardt signature.asc

[fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker?

2019-10-04 Thread Bart
Hi, Can somebody with developer status in the bugtracker please look at https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=36129#c118331 It appears that this is coe copied from some Delphi version. -- Bart ___ fpc-devel maillist -

[fpc-devel] Copyrighted material in bugtracker

2018-05-07 Thread Bart
Hi, Someone attached Delphi sourcecode to https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33707 I think this should be removed? Bart ___ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel