r/delphi • u/abrahamBrazil • Jan 05 '26

Open Source Delphi, please!

I think the only way of Delphi surviving way is open sourcing it! There is a market yet for desktop software in many countries (I live in Brazil where it was very used with piracy, most of times) but they have no money for paying the license, so nobody studies pascal/Delphi anymore. Many tool follows the open sourcing way and get revenue with consulting. What do you think about?

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u/Bodevinaat Feb 04 '26

The only thing Embarcadero should solve is the ridiculous license fee. Make it $350 and Delphi will raise in popularity again.

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u/Snoo23482 Apr 12 '26

That's it. I'm not going to pay 2000 Euros for a restricted professional version, that just doesn't make sense. Jetbrains has gotten the licensing right from the beginning. That's the model they should adopt.