Re: Turbo Vision non-free? (Was Re: Another packages wishlist)
It seems like they've given up their rights by calling it public domain
in a public forum...
Debian needs a lawyer for things like this.
Regards
Jeff
On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 04:51:51PM -0800, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote:
> Damian M Gryski <dgryski@uwaterloo.ca> writes:
>
> > Turbo Vision is non-free?
> >
> > From http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,17285,00.html
> > (last modified Sept 01/99)
> >
> > <quote>
> > Question:
> > Where can I find the public domain version of Turbo Vision?
> >
> > Answer:
> > It can be found at
> > ftp.inprise.com/pub/borlandcpp/devsupport/archive/turbovision/
> > </quote>
> >
> > Is Borland's page wrong? You should mail them and get an official
> > answer. (Isn't a FAQ on their site official enough?)
>
> It certainly isn't public domain. From one file (tview.cpp, inside
> source.zip, inside tv.cpp):
>
> /*
> * Turbo Vision - Version 2.0
> *
> * Copyright (c) 1994 by Borland International
> * All Rights Reserved.
> *
> */
>
> That's about as non-free as you can get.
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