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

Chris Kirkpatrick chris.kirkpatrick at doctors.org.uk
Sat Jan 5 16:44:37 CET 2008



Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> So this is one area where you, our users, can make a big difference and help us
> in preventing this from happening in the future, as well as with notifying us as
> soon as possible when it does happen (or when you know it happened in the past).
> Most importantly: please ensure that you *never* submit patches based on code 
> copyrighted by third parties.
>
> For the FPC Team,
>
> Michael.
>
>
>   
On browsing through the code of 
$FPCdir/packages/fcl-db/src/dbase/dbf.pas I came across the following 
(line 20-22)

// If you got a compilation error here or asking for dsgnintf.pas, then 
just add
// this file in your project:
// dsgnintf.pas in 'C: \Program 
Files\Borland\Delphi5\Source\Toolsapi\dsgnintf.pas'

Should this be removed? Does it infringe copyright? Is it even useful?
Regards - Chris



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