Re: [Lazarus-ccr-general] Porting someone's component

[Juha M. <juh...@ph...>]

Hi,

> Proprietary code can't be uploaded to the CCR for distribution, but if
> you obtained the source from a public site like Torry's or DSP,
> there's a good possibility that it's freeware.
> 
> Is there any other documentation like a readme or file headers that
> discuss copyright or a license that the code is released under? If
> there isn't, Google returns a lot of hits for "Harry Kakoulidis",
> including some that are Delphi related. If the hotmail address has
> gone stale, perhaps there's another one out there where you could
> reach him.

Yes, I forgot to mention, the component is freeware. I got it from Torry's but 
you can find it from many sites.
This is the whole header from its single pascal source file:

{
----------------------------------------------------------------
TFileMenuHandler v1.0 by Harry Kakoulidis 11/1999
kc...@ma...
ha...@ho...

Component for handling Recent files list and Open, Save,
Save As, Exit Commands. Uses a ini file for the recent
list. Read FileMenuHdl.txt form more information.

This is Freeware. Please copy FilMen10.zip unchanged.
If you find bugs, have options etc. Please send at my e-mail.

The use of this component is at your own risk.
I do not take any responsibility for any damages.
----------------------------------------------------------------
}

The FileMenuHdl.txt file also mentions his web site 
"http://kakoulidis.homepage.com" but it does not work either.

Ok, I will try to find his new contact information.
What happens if I still don't reach him? Does it mean the component then stays 
out from CCR?

The code is simple, just one pascal file. The obvious answer the author would 
give is "yes". He didn't want money for it 10 years ago, why would he now.

The porting was trivial, too. I only had to run Tools -> Change Delphi unit to 
Lazarus unit...
and change some unit dependencies in the uses section.

The mentioned FilMen10.zip file contains also a demo program with windows 
executable and windows resource file, so its inclusion could be negotiated.


Regards,
Juha Manninen