From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,81ad2a544a72a777 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!infeed-4.proxad.net!nnrp6-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: FSF libgnat References: <87irvuejhc.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87ek6iecj2.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <2Pe5f.148604$dP1.506527@newsc.telia.net> <871x2973q0.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> Date: 25 Oct 2005 23:43:31 +0200 Message-ID: <87slup5l30.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:660:330f:f810:211:2fff:fea6:3aa1 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Oct 2005 23:45:03 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.56.47.149 X-Trace: 1130276703 nnrp6-1.free.fr 7330 81.56.47.149:57445 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5939 Date: 2005-10-25T23:45:03+02:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Bj�rn" == Bj�rn Persson writes: Bj�rn> I don't have any of Microsoft's toolkits so I can't look at Bj�rn> their licenses. What license terms do they impose on the Bj�rn> binaries you make and distribute? I am not a Microsoft user but a quick look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/eula.aspx reads, for example: (best parts reproduced but others are interesting too) "3.1 If you are authorized and choose to redistribute Sample Code or Redistributable Code (collectively, the "Redistributables") as described in Section 2, you agree: [...] (iii) to distribute the Licensee Software containing the Redistributables pursuant to an end user license agreement (which may be "break-the-seal", "click-wrap" or signed), with terms no less protective than those contained in this EULA; [...] (v) to display your own valid copyright notice which shall be sufficient to protect Microsoft's copyright in the Software; [...] (vii) to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Microsoft from and against any claims or lawsuits, including attorney's fees, that arise or result from the use or distribution of the Licensee Software;" In particular, (iii) imposes heavy constraints on the license you can choose for your own software. For example, you may not authorize decompilation of your software, even if you indicate the addresses corresponding to your code (to prevent Microsoft code from being decompiled), because your whole executable must have terms as least as protective as the Microsoft components you use. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam