[fpc-devel] PR advancement

[Ales Katona]

> Reading FPC and Lazarus mailing lists, and I don't see such problems. 
> And I understood the FAQ, even though IANAL. There's a text

Read again. Lazarus list had a very long discussion about LCL and LGPLv2

>
>   "It is therefore possible to create closed source or proprietary 
> software using Free Pascal."
>
> I think that this is even more explicit (and understandable to 
> non-programmers) than your proposed "Yes you can static link with our 
> enhanced LGPL".

Perhaps, but people evidently don't get it.

>
> So what answer would you propose for the FAQ question "Are there any 
> real world applications made with Free Pascal/Lazarus" ? A huge list 
> of every program that was ever compiled with FPC ? A short list of 
> "chosen projects" ? Who will decide and maintain the list of "most 
> bright projects developed using FPC+Lazarus" ?

This selection is done already. See news on main fpc page.

>
> Then propose a better text / feature list for "Advantages" page...

I will try my best.


Ales