paulruizendaal wrote:

>
> My understanding of US law is that it is not necessary for the file to
> be deleted and recreated. It is enough for all of the source code to
> change over time, so that no original copyright remains.

That's true, but the simple conversion from C to C++ is not sufficient
to deprive Borland of its copyright to the files it contributed. There
is a paragraph by paragraph comparison of MPL, IPL, and IDPL here:

http://www.ibphoenix.com/?page=ibp_ipl_mpl_comparison



Regards,


Ann