[Freegis-list] Going opensource...

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Pedro,

Delphi code can be released under a free software license.

It is true that a lot of free software projects are done in C 
and run on GNU/Linux systems, 
but free software can be written in (almost) any programming language.
It also does not matter if it runs on a special platform, 
some free software only runs on Windows machines.

It can be a drawback if a free software requires proprietary code
(in this case the Borland compiler) to build the software from the
source, but it is no show-stopper. I also assume that the resulting
binaries can be distributed without restraints, so there is no problem.

Best,
	Bernhard



On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:28:28PM +0000, Pedro Pereira Goncalves wrote:
> I've been developing the freeware inovaGIS library of COM objects for a 
> while in Borland Delphi (Object Pascal)
> After a few versions the new version 3 has reached a stable ground and with 
> the development of Delphi for
> Linux I was thinking about going opensource, however all the projects I see 
> out there are in C or C++ ...
> Do I have to wait for the development of Delphi for Linux or can I start 
> now with the windows version that in fact uses
> borland proprietary code ?
> 
> So my real question is can Delphi code be applied to your rules of opensource?

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