[fpc-devel] copyright infringement in FPC code

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Tue, 13 Nov 2007, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:

> On 13/11/2007, peter green <plugwash at p10link.net> wrote:
> >
> > In many cases two people trying to implement the same relatively simple
> > behaviour will end up with code that differs in little more than
> > variable names and spacing without needing to copy.
> >
> 
> What I found in Lazarus code so far was that somebody _was_ peaking at
> the Delphi code at some stage. Numerous methods have variables
> declared with the exact same names, type and order or appearance.  I
> don't believe that was a coincidence.  Good news is that that's where
> the similarity ends (well in the units I checked). Importantly, the
> method bodies seem to be implemented differently, except for the very
> elementary methods.

Please make a log of what you find, then we can discuss if something needs 
to be done about it.

Unfortunately similar variable names (that aren't obvious choices) can 
mean a whole procedure needs rewriting because it is then clear it is 
not an independend work.

Daniël