Python's CRT licensing on Windows <-- FUD

["Martin v. Löwis"]

sturlamolden schrieb:
> Is further "distribution" okay if it is only accompanied by the python
> runtime DLL (as is the case when using Py2Exe) or should the entire
> python-2.4.4.msi from python.org be "distributed"?

As Fredrik Lundh says: Ask your lawyer. We cannot really interpret the
Microsoft license for you (I can only give it to you in case you don't
have it), and I can't formally give you permission to do copy something
that Microsoft has the copyright to.

If you are asking whether python24.dll should be treated as "Licensee
Software": then yes, I believe it is "Licensee Software".

> I certainly don't understand the EULA, and thus I cannot make sure that
> I lawyer understands it either. But I can certainly find a lawyer that
> charges $$$$ an hour and pretends to understand it. I am sure buying a
> copy of VC7 is a lot cheaper.

So what do you hope to get from the newsgroup article? Free legal
advice? You can't really get that; you can only get opinions. You
still have to draw your own conclusions.

Regards,
Martin