<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Jonas Maebe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonas.maebe@elis.ugent.be" target="_blank">jonas.maebe@elis.ugent.be</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Yes, but we cannot integrate any code that has been written by you based on the Delphi code you looked at, because the license does not allow you to rewrite that code into something that is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.<br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">While in theory the issue is not as black and white (there is no definition in copyright of when exactly a work is independent and when it is derivative), to be on the safe side we do not accept code that has been written by someone after they looked at the Delphi code for the same functionality.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I understood and agreed.</div><div><br></div><div>But now I have a question: many Free Pascal programmers are Delphi programmers too, having code that can be compiled in both compilers, and sometimes they need to debug deeply, entering into the compiler code and looking at it, so, can't a programmer contribute with Free Pascal in that situation? If so, I have no more questions.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="">
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Well, to avoid more confusion I'll not send more patches to solve this<br>
problem and I'm going to close my issue.<br>
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I have simply removed your code from the bug report, that is enough. Your description of how to fix it does not pose any problems.</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">No problem. Thank you!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>--<br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Silvio Clécio</div></div></div>
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