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- From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: Re: Borland licences (was about old copies of TP)
- Message-ID: <Fg3JuB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 15:51:26 CST
- References: <dmurdoch.294.722285540@mast.queensu.ca>
- Reply-To: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com
- Organization: TCS Consulting Services
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- dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
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- > There is one part in there that's a little worrisome, though:
- >
- > You're allowed to write and compile programs using the Borland libraries and
- > distribute them (the actual wording is longer), subject to the following
- > conditions (and from here on it's a verbatim quote):
- >
- > The program is not a compiler or development tool, environment product or
- > library which includes any of the libraries, DLLs or source code included in
- > this package, nor is the program otherwise a product that is generally
- > competitive with or a substitute for any Borland Language product.
- >
- > End of quote.
- >
- > It's that last clause that worries me: lots of programs I write could be
- > seen as "generally competitive with" Borland Language products.
-
- Does SBP have similar clause? If not, develope with borland and distribute
- sbp.
-
- Greg
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