[fpc-pascal] avl_tree.pp unit license

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 25 May 2008, Vladimir Zhirov wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've got a question about the license of unit avl_tree.pp, that comes
> with FCL. FPC FAQ states that
> 
> > Applications created by the compiler and using the runtime library
> > come under a modified library gnu public license (LGPL), which permit
> > no restriction on the type of license the application has.
> 
> Meanwhile, the avl_tree.pp contains the following comment:
> 
> > This source is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify   *
> > it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
> > the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
> > (at your option) any later version.
> 
> AVL_Tree unit is used by dom.pp.
> 
> So the question is: are there any restrictions on the license of
> applications that use dom.pp and avl_tree.pp?

Normally, the FPC FAQ is correct. 

Mattias Gaertner (of the Lazarus team) wrote the unit. Lazarus switched
to the same license as FPC. However, at that time the unit source was
already moved to the FCL package, and I suppose he forgot to update the
license text.

I'll ask him if it is OK to switch the license text to the standard FPC
license text. I do not expect problems, but I'll mail you in person to 
say that it is OK.

Good enough ?

Michael.