Re: Proposal: Delphi VCL+RTL as open source

Robert Love wrote: 
Max wrote:


Proposal: Delphi VCL+RTL as open source

-VCL and RTL are already available in the professional packages.
-Delphi volunteers and freaks can fix and test much more bugs than
Borland.  -Borland can decide which fixes are being merged in to the
main branch.

...


Why would this be different from what we have now? - The product ships with Source.
- Anyone can modify it and submit bugs and fixes to QC regarding it.
- Improvements made by external Borland developers (like Fast-code
Project) are now part of the RTL.



The difference is that we can then openly share our enhancements.  Right
now I have to verify that a user has source before I can share one
of the source code files for dbExpressPlus.  I laugh every time someone
says we can already change the code.  Sure, one person can change their
copy and you can't share the code with anyone.  I have this killer
PageControl that I can't share with the world.  Very disappointing.
.

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