Hi Adrian and List!
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 05:37:01PM +0200, Adriaan van Os wrote:
From http://www.gnu-pascal.de/contrib/eike/ I downloaded GPC interfaces to mySQL, contributed by Eike Lange - thanks Eike for contributing them. With some necessary changes, I got things working on Mac OS X.
Would you like to contribute these changes?
Now, we have an "original work" copyrighted by MySQL AB and licensed under the GPL, plus a "new work" based on the "original work" copyrighted partly by Eike Lange and licensed under the LGPL. From a lawyers point of view - I don't think that this is all correct.
Well, _I_ have done all this, with help from Frank and some other mailing list members. This is more than a derived work, so I can choose the license of this work. All units coming along with GNU-Pascal have this header on top, so why shouldn't my unit?
From a programmer's point of view - Please (!) don't introduce unneeded copyright claims in interface files, except as needed to respect the original works. With all respect for the GPL and the LGPL, I would argue strongly that Pascal interface files be left uncopyrighted.
I can't. This is LGPL and if someone needs a different license, feel free to write a unit by your own.
Eike