DOS ain't dead - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal)

GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 04.03.2009, 23:48

> > he does warn that EDITOR*.PAS were originally derived from Borland
> > (probably GPL incompatible, he says).
>
> Looks like there is really a lot of copyrighted borland code in there, and
> not just Editors* From a version (6.0) that is afaik never released into
> PD. TP 5.5 is the newest PDed one. (TP7 French is free though).
>
> IOW it could be that this code is illegal to distribute, be careful with
> hosting it.

I can't tell which is Borland's and which isn't. Plus, even then, I don't know what license they wanted it to be under (if any). And I don't have TP6. So I have no clue. No harm intended, this is not a commercial product. I'm sure Borland is well aware that sources will always float around out there. (I've seen lots floating out there, even binaries, on well-known sites too.)

BTW, at one time, Borland was going to open source Brief. For whatever reason, I guess they never got around to it.

Should one of us try e-mailing CodeGear?

> I had a quick look, but I think it would be wisest to diff the modified TP
> src against the originals to see what degree they are modified (or cut
> down). It might be easier to do the relevant mods in the FPC tv sources.

I guess you mean GdM should do this?

> I think it would be doable, simply a lot of work.

You don't have to port it all, just look and see if any pieces are interesting.

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Complete thread:

GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - Rugxulo, 04.03.2009, 03:26 (Developers)
- GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - marcov, 04.03.2009, 16:18
  - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - rr, 04.03.2009, 22:49
    - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - marcov, 06.03.2009, 10:13
      - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal): DR-DOS aware - Rugxulo, 09.03.2009, 00:56
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        GdM's DOS 3d engine in Ada - marcov, 14.03.2009, 14:35
        another (B)Pascal real-mode editor, > 64k filesizes - Rugxulo, 27.03.2009, 18:30
  - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - Rugxulo, 04.03.2009, 23:48
    - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - rr, 04.03.2009, 23:55
      - GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - Rugxulo, 05.03.2009, 00:05
        GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - marcov, 11.03.2009, 11:36
- GdM's EDIT (TP6 / Pascal) - rr, 04.03.2009, 22:47