Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/05/29/06:07:54
Hi all,
Because of some problems with Borland who has the copyright
for the Turbo Vision library sources, I had to remove
any archives from my site (and also from DJ's site and
simtelnet) which include any original code from the
Turbo Vison library. Sorry for this. Until I have not
prepared the sources to use only diffs against the original
sources from Borland they will not be available.
BTW: I do not understand it in all things, because the sources
for the TV lib are still public available, but Borland said,
that they should be downloaded only from their FTP-site
and from nowhere else (and they are there, I checked it).
OK, I append to this post also the mail, which the maintainer
of the Turbo Vison home page got. Onyone, who ist interested
can send a mail there (or directly to Borland), maybe it
helps.
Robert
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Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 16:43:58 -0800
From: Eric Pesik <epesik AT corp DOT borland DOT com>
To: SWright243 AT aol DOT com, tw543229 AT dutiwy DOT twi DOT tudelft DOT nl,
u6ed4 AT wvnvm DOT wvnet DOT edu
Subject: Borland Turbo Vision
Greetings!
I apologize for not responding right away. For convenience, I am
copying you and two other people who wrote to me personally with
Turbo Vision questions.
As you know, it is widely believed that Borland has released Turbo
Vision into the public domain. Regrettably, that is not true. However, this
does not affect the rights or licenses granted to any licensed user of the
Turbo Vision product. Obviously, you may write and compile programs
using the Turbo Vision libraries, and distribute them in object code form
as part of your application. You may also distribute your own Turbo
Vision patches and bug-fixes so long as it is limited to your own code.
However, you may not distribute the Turbo Vision source code without
permission from Borland.
Part of the reason Borland has not released Turbo Vision into the public
domain is Turbo Vision remains an important and valuable feature of
Borland's Turbo Pascal 7.0 for DOS, which is currently available from
Borland. If Borland decides to release Turbo Vision into the public
domain in the future, (or if Borland releases it under different licensing
terms) I will make sure a notice is posted to the Turbo Vision list.
I hope this helps clear up any confusion. I know it is not the answer you
had hoped for, but if you have any additional questions, please feel free
to reply.
Eric Pesik
BORLAND INTERNATIONAL
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