[fpc-devel] Notice: Possible copyright infringements in FPC code base

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> On 19/11/2007, Michael Van Canneyt <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:
> >
> > be based on Delphi/Kylix code. All such identified routines of sufficient
> > complexity and/or likeliness have been or are in the process of being rewritten
> > from scratch using a clean room approach: by someone who is not intimately
> > familiar with the current implementation, and only based on documentation
> > written by other people. I am personally supervising this effort.
> 
> Well done guys!  I'm glad you took the first step and trying to get a
> clean slate.  Lets hope Borland/CodeGear does the same thing, as it
> works both ways. Also glad to here that the SIM tool came in handy.
> 
> > We are in a constructive dialog with people from CodeGear over this issue, and
> > will report back later on the repercussions as far as current and previous FPC
> > releases are concerned.
> 
> Are those discussions publicly available (newsgroup, forum) or are
> they in private?  Would make for an interesting read to see what
> CodeGear says and what they are doing from their side. After all, FPC
> and Lazarus came up with some cool ideas of the years and our code is
> a lot more public than theirs.

Those discussions are in private.

Michael.