Updated License Term Agreement for VC Redistributable in VS 2008 SP1
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From: python on 16 Apr 2010 10:05 Hi Tim, > The license agreement change fixes a problem that was accidentally introduced by Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The redistributable package that can be downloaded directly from Microsoft (which you would use if you had the Express Edition) has the right license to begin with. It never had the restriction. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299.aspx. Microsoft's intent is that you be able to distribute the non-debug runtimes with any applications built with Visual Studio. Original poster here. Thanks for your insight! > They are evil, but not arbitrarily malicious. :) Regards, Malcolm ----- Original message ----- From: "Tim Roberts" <timr(a)probo.com> To: python-list(a)python.org Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:31:35 -0700 Subject: Re: Updated License Term Agreement for VC Redistributable in VS 2008 SP1 Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >I don't think this license agreement change involves the express >editions, which are free. Correct me if I'm wrong here? The license agreement change fixes a problem that was accidentally introduced by Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The redistributable package that can be downloaded directly from Microsoft (which you would use if you had the Express Edition) has the right license to begin with. It never had the restriction. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299.aspx Microsoft's intent is that you be able to distribute the non-debug runtimes with any applications built with Visual Studio. They are evil, but not arbitrarily malicious. -- Tim Roberts, timr(a)probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
From: CM on 16 Apr 2010 11:59 On Apr 16, 3:31 am, Tim Roberts <t...(a)probo.com> wrote: > Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrov...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >I don't think this license agreement change involves the express > >editions, which are free. Correct me if I'm wrong here? > > The license agreement change fixes a problem that was accidentally > introduced by Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The redistributable package that can > be downloaded directly from Microsoft (which you would use if you had the > Express Edition) has the right license to begin with. It never had the > restriction. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299.aspx > > Microsoft's intent is that you be able to distribute the non-debug runtimes > with any applications built with Visual Studio. They are evil, but not > arbitrarily malicious. Just to be clear: are you saying that if one has Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition (the free one), one then has the right to redistribute the necessary dlls for using py2exe to make working Python 2.6 executables? Thanks, Che
From: python on 16 Apr 2010 13:40
Lie, > Does it makes sense to be able to install a library in other's computer, but not redistribute it? Hmm... I'll have to consult a lawyer. See Tim Robert's response (I can't remember which Python mailing list) <quote> The license agreement change fixes a problem that was accidentally introduced by Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The redistributable package that can be downloaded directly from Microsoft (which you would use if you had the Express Edition) has the right license to begin with. It never had the restriction. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299.aspx Microsoft's intent is that you be able to distribute the non-debug runtimes with any applications built with Visual Studio. They are evil, but not arbitrarily malicious. </quote> Malcolm |