[fpc-pascal] avl_tree.pp unit license

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Sun May 25 10:37:27 CEST 2008



On Sun, 25 May 2008, Mattias Gaertner wrote:

> On Sun, 25 May 2008 11:46:20 +0500
> Vladimir Zhirov <vvzh.home at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've got a question about the license of unit avl_tree.pp, that comes
> > with FCL. FPC FAQ states that
> > 
> > > Applications created by the compiler and using the runtime library
> > > come under a modified library gnu public license (LGPL), which
> > > permit no restriction on the type of license the application has.
> > 
> > Meanwhile, the avl_tree.pp contains the following comment:
> > 
> > > This source is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > > modify   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> > > published by  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
> > > the License, or     * (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > AVL_Tree unit is used by dom.pp.
> > 
> > So the question is: are there any restrictions on the license of
> > applications that use dom.pp and avl_tree.pp?
> 
> You can use both licenses. The license header of avl_tree.pp should be
> changed to the normal FPC header.

Seems like some mails crossed :)

I changed the license in trunk, merged to fixes.

Michael.
> 
> Mattias
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