If you look at the miriad Delphi sites out there that make freeware available to the masses, source and all,it should be clear that Borland does not restrict what you can do with your code. However, C++ Builder development -like its older sibling, Delphi- is based on the VCL. VCL source code IS distributed along with the professional/Enterprise versions of these products. Well, the VCL iscopyrighted IP and cannot be distributed along with your project, Nor can you distribute compiled versions of the VCL for DEVELOPMENT purposes. I don't believe this is a restriction on generated code, but I could be wrong. Thus as has been mentioned before, you can distribute your source code.
Following your reasoning, the problem lies in trying to enforce the patent. As has been suggested in the past, getting a patent for some original open source work might not be a bad idea as a way to protect the projects that utilze it. ---------- "Men despise great projects when they don't feel themselves capable of great successes" Luc De Capliers
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If you look at the miriad Delphi sites out there that make freeware available to the masses, source and all,it should be clear that Borland does not restrict what you can do with your code. However, C++ Builder development -like its older sibling, Delphi- is based on the VCL. VCL source code IS distributed along with the professional/Enterprise versions of these products. Well, the VCL iscopyrighted IP and cannot be distributed along with your project, Nor can you distribute compiled versions of the VCL for DEVELOPMENT purposes. I don't believe this is a restriction on generated code, but I could be wrong. Thus as has been mentioned before, you can distribute your source code.
Following your reasoning, the problem lies in trying to enforce the patent. As has been suggested in the past, getting a patent for some original open source work might not be a bad idea as a way to protect the projects that utilze it. ---------- "Men despise great projects when they don't feel themselves capable of great successes" Luc De Capliers