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Article #5781Re: Legality of distributing Borland's BGI files
From: Doug Stevens
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 18:50
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 18:50
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In article <500@ceco.ceco.com>, sung@ceco.ceco.com (Sung Han) writes: > > If I write a program that uses Borland's graphics BGI interface, and decide to > distribute it, can I also ship out the corresponding runtime BGI file (e.g., > the 'egavga.bgi' file)? I formally asked Borland this question when TC 1.5 came out, and the answer was a definite NO. The suggestion at the time was to use BGI2OBJ to change them to object files, add them to your graphics library, and link the library with your application. It is legal to ship the application as long as you follow their other guidelines regarding copyright statements for applications linked to Borland libraries.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!decwrl!ogicse!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tvnews!videovax!dougs From: dougs@videovax.tv.tek.com (Doug Stevens) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Legality of distributing Borland's BGI files Summary: Not legal to re-distribute BGI files. Message-ID: <6362@videovax.tv.tek.com> Date: 15 Apr 91 18:50:17 GMT References: <500@ceco.ceco.com> Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR Lines: 13