<div dir="ltr"><div>Ok. So I will release new versions with licenses changed to GPL v3 + linking exception.<br><br></div>Thanks to all.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-02-28 11:49 GMT+01:00 Jonas Maebe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonas.maebe@elis.ugent.be" target="_blank">jonas.maebe@elis.ugent.be</a>></span>:<br>
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On 28 Feb 2014, at 11:11, Yann Mérignac wrote:<br>
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- *data2pas* a command line tool that generates pascal include files<br>
from a text file description. This is a tool similar to *data2inc* but<div class=""><br>
using a more "pascalish" syntax. (GPL v3+)<br>
<a href="http://yann.merignac.free.fr/data2pas.html" target="_blank">http://yann.merignac.free.fr/<u></u>data2pas.html</a><br></div>
- *CmdLine* is a Free Pascal unit for parsing easily GNU style command<div class=""><br>
line options. (LGPL v3+) <a href="http://yann.merignac.free.fr/unit-cmdline.html" target="_blank">http://yann.merignac.free.fr/<u></u>unit-cmdline.html</a><br></div>
- *GContnrs* is a generic container collection for Free Pascal. It<div class=""><br>
implements : doubly linked lists, dequeues, hash maps, hash sets, priority<br>
queues, queues, stacks, tree maps, tree sets and vectors and some<br>
algorithms (sort, shuffle, min, max, ...). (LGPL v3+)<br>
<a href="http://yann.merignac.free.fr/unit-gcontnrs.html" target="_blank">http://yann.merignac.free.fr/<u></u>unit-gcontnrs.html</a><br></div>
- *UPasConf *a unit that has been designed to create configuration<div class=""><br>
programs in Pascal. It allows you to create programs that mimic the famous<br>
'./configure' script. It can also create GNU makefiles for your<br>
projects. (LGPL v3+) <a href="http://yann.merignac.free.fr/unit-upasconf.html" target="_blank">http://yann.merignac.free.fr/<u></u>unit-upasconf.html</a><br>
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All units are under LGPL v3+ but I am not sure of my choice.<br>
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The first item is a program, not a unit. For that one, the license has no influence whatsoever of how the output can be used.<div class=""><br>
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I want the<br>
units to be usable by anyone in any kind of projects : closed source or<br>
not, commercial or not, etc... And, I want that any change to the source of<br>
the units must be made public. Do you think the LGPL is a good choice for<br>
that goals ?<br>
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In theory: yes. In practice: no, because FPC doesn't support dynamic linking to the extent that is required to make this painless. You will probably want to use the GPL+linking exception (or LGPL + static linking exception, as FPC uses, but that it exactly the same thing). See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<u></u>GPL_linking_exception</a> for the general explanation, and <a href="http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk/rtl/COPYING.FPC" target="_blank">http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/<u></u>fpc/trunk/rtl/COPYING.FPC</a> for how FPC words it.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jonas</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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