skinnable controls for lazarus

[ROCABDEL]

I started four days ago to write a library of skinnable controls for lazarus, this library uses some units or class from the library SpTBXLib and not ported but modified, I had to change the names and a lot of things in these files to make it portable and to make them compatible with the rest of names of the library, I want whether I can distribute this library, the licenses I do not understand

here's SpTBXLib license:
 http://www.silverpointdevelopment.com/sptbxlib/SpTBXLib-LICENSE.htm

Is what I can publish the source and what should I do? and under what license I have to distribute ?
the library will be named LTheme for exemple 

I tested under Win32 and Linux gtk2.
Excuse me for my English 

[ROCABDEL]

here a test compile on windows and linux with two controls LTPanel and LTGroupbox and somes skins
http://www.2shared.com/file/ZdrvSe0k/lthemetest.html

[Blaazen]

Hi,
there is link http://www.silverpointdevelopment.com/sptbxlib/registration.htm. It seems you have two possibilities how to use original SpTBXLib.
1) You pay $100 ($200) and you can use components as single (multi) developer licence. You don't have to publish modified code and you don't have to write to About box anything.
2) You use it for free under Mozzila Public Licence, you have to publish your code and write to your About box name of author (Robert Lee - he has copyright). You can make donation to author.

I am not a lawyer but I believe you can change original source code and distribute and share it under MPL 1.1.
Everyone, who will use modified components will have to write to About box (or Help file) something like:
Copyright of SpTBXLib - Robert Lee.

Edit: According to your original link, you should rather have written permission from author.

[ROCABDEL]

Hi Blaazen,  thank you for the reply 
I'll see what I can do, maybe I'll write to him asking for permission, thank you again..

[marcov]

I started four days ago to write a library of skinnable controls for lazarus, this library uses some units or class from the library SpTBXLib and not ported but modified, I had to change the names and a lot of things in these files to make it portable and to make them compatible with the rest of names of the library, I want whether I can distribute this library, the licenses I do not understand

here's SpTBXLib license:
 http://www.silverpointdevelopment.com/sptbxlib/SpTBXLib-LICENSE.htm

Is what I can publish the source and what should I do?

From that: no, it is proprietary:

1.  Registration (payment) of the Software is required, such payment is made
   to the Author of the Software.

and redistribution of modified content is explicitely forbidden:

3. All redistributions of the Software's files must be in their original,
   unmodified form. Distributions of modified versions of the files is not
   permitted without express written permission of the Author.


Next time, look at the license before using it.

[fabienwang]

the sptbxlib license is as said marcov, allows to use only and put the copyright if you use it.
BUT
sptbxlib propose an alternative license: MPL 1.1 which allows any modification, redistribution etc.
http://www.silverpointdevelopment.com/sptbxlib/support.htm#license

[joke]So marcov, next time, read carefully ^^[/joke]

[felipemdc]

There is also this library of mLGPL skinnable controls for Lazarus:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Custom_Drawn_Controls

[garlar27]

There is also this library of mLGPL skinnable controls for Lazarus:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Custom_Drawn_Controls

This will be included in Lazarus 9.30 or only on SVN?