Now that I am learning more about design time aspects of component development, I have what may turn out to be a couple of IDE "plugins" targeting Delphi 2007 (+ others if compatible).
The forms / UI for these, ideally, will utilize some of the third party components I use regularly. Assuming the licensing is okay to distribute those components for an IDE plugin, etc., what do I need to do differently to prepare the distribution package, as compared to from what one would do on a package with "full source"?
(I hope this question makes sense. Please be kind and ask questions if not).
You need to distribute the BPL compiled for each version of Delphi you will support (Version + Update) and then only distribute the BPL. Set up a Virtual Machine to test it in. The BPL is a special DLL, so you are only distributing a binary, which should work with your licenses.
Distributing the .PAS or .DCU would violate the license agreement most likely.