#1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist)? --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: dhastings | Owner: grass-dev@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.4.3 Component: Installation | Version: 6.4.1 Keywords: wingrass | Platform: MSWindows 7 Cpu: x86-64 | --------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
Comment(by hamish): fwiw here is the "OS exemption" text of the GPL2 which we have to satisfy: {{{ [...] However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable. If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. }}} the key words here are '''unless that component itself accompanies the executable''', which I read as: we clearly can't bundle it in our all-in- one grass_installer.exe download. After that what ''accompanies'' means is up to the lawyers to decide, but between the choices of automatically download & install vs. ask [Yes][No] then do it (or not), I'm more comfortable with the "user takes action" option, since then it was the user's decision not ours. I don't think the second paragraph above is as relevant, but copied here in case someone else reads it differently. fun, Hamish -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1428#comment:43> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org> _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev