[fpc-pascal] FCL licensing choice

[Jonas Maebe]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> Is it a requirement that all FCL code be LGPL licensed? I’ve randomly
> picked about 8 or so directories and all the code I reviewed was LGPL
> 2.1 licensed.

+ linking exception.

> Can code be contributed with the “Simplified BSD License” (that’s the
> latest 2-clause BSD license).

No, because it requires every binary distribution (i.e., every compiled 
program that uses this FCL unit) to include a copyright notice 
attributing the use of that unit. We don't want users having to figure 
out the license of every FCL unit in order to determine whether and if 
so who they have to credit when distributing a program compiled with FPC.


Jonas