Re: [DotGNU]New addendum for MS redistributables

[David Sugar]

I am curious what they provide and/or define fully as 
"Redistributables", other than the obvious sample applications, in 
VS.NET.  It seems to refer to the core SDK and stuff that might be 
likely to be used or inserted into generated applications, such as 
perhaps might occur with projects initiated thru their so called "wizards".

Norbert Bollow wrote:

> Brandon Bremen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >  Open Source wrote:
> >
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/addendeula.asp
> > wow. So what does this updated license mean for us?
>
> Besides being just another confirmation that Microsoft realizes
> that open source hackers (*) have significant skills in making
> software (that was meant to run on MS Windows systems only) run
> on free systems, I think it means little for DotGNU directly, as
> we have no intention to redistribute, or encourage the use of
> any such "Redistributables" from Microsoft.
>
> (What Microsoft wants to disallow is their runtime being bundled
> with something like WINE and then being used to the effect of
> creating software which on the box says "runs on just about any
> operating system, namely..." instead of saying something like
> "requires Microsoft Windows xyz".)
>
> Greetings, Norbert.
>
>
> (*) Even though I'm nowadays very much a "free software" person,
>    my use of "open source" is intentional here, as this license
>    addendum seems to specifically address something that is
>    encouraged by the open source philosophy but discouraged by
>    the free software philosophy.