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" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:31:35 -0700 Subject: Re: Updated License Term Agreement for VC Redistributable in VS 2008 SP1 Andrej Mitrovic <[email protected]> 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, [email protected] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
