[Py2exe-users] Re: msvcr71.dll license

[Werner F. B. <wer...@fr...>]

Hi Hernán,

Hernán Martínez Foffani wrote:

>>>Did the license issue over msvcr71.dll ever get clarified?  Searched
>>>with Google and on python.org but could not find a conclusive answer.
>>>
>>>It would be nice if the python core developers who were given the MS
>>>developement stuff by Microsoft would obtain some clarification on
>>>this issue from MS.
>>
>>AFAIK, this hasn't been resolved.
> 
> 
> I've read about 3 problems regarding msvcr71.dll.  In my
> understanding, two of them were clarified as non issues.
> 
> 1. msvcr71.dll not compatible with GPL code regarding the EULA.
> This restriction only applies to the sample code included in
> Visual Studio .NET 2003.
> 
> 2. msvcr71.dll not compatible with GPL code regarding the GPL
> itself.  Clarified in the FSF Faq.
Could not find this, do you have alink.
> 
> 3. The EULA does not allow to reredistribute msvcr71.dll.
Can one get this EULA without having to get VS somewhere?
> 
> EULA spanish version (my english isn't good enough) is cristal
> clear: you may distribute the library if and only if
>   - you (the author of the software) own a legit copy of VS and
>   - you distribute your software with a license that does not
>   contradict the EULA and
>   - such license has a mechanism for approval (wrap-up and
>   click-to-accept are valid)
> or
>   - you don't own a legit copy of VS but you are allowed by
>   the author to redistribute a software that carries out the
>   previous statements and
I would assume that Python owns a legit copy of VS (as they were given 
it by Microsoft).  We distribute Python programs (with the help of 
py2exe) so we should be able to distribute our software (shareware, 
commerical or whatever).

If this is not true/the case then the current Python license is very 
misleading if not false!


>   - you don't redistribute the library alone but as part of
>   the mentioned software.
> 
> Hence, py2exe users need a legit copy of VS and to write an
> EULA compatible license and to implement a way for approval
> if they want to include msvcr71.dll in their package. (*)
See above comment.
> 
> 
>>I have posted about this to the PSF mailing list, maybe the
>>Python software foundation is willing to invest in this.
> 
> 
> Thanks, that would be great.
> 
> Regards,
> -Hernan.
> 
> (*) Again, this is how I interpret the spanish version of the
> EULA though I'd bet that the english is not more liberal than
> it.
> 
See you
Werner
> 
> 
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