The Microsoft VisualStudio redist.txt allows it to be redistributed, "The following list reflects all files available with Microsoft Visual Studio for redistribution;... ... msvcr71.dll ... "
and the MSDN website [1] says: "An application should use and redistribute msvcr71.dll, and it should avoid placing a copy or using an existing copy of msvcr71.dll in the system directory. Instead, the application should keep a copy of msvcr71.dll in its application directory with the program executable." So is the question, can _anyone_ (i.e. "dlldump.com") redistribute this file? [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclib/html/_crt_c_run.2d.time_libraries.asp Regards, Tim Paulex Yang wrote: > I'm not a lawyer, but as to my knowledge, many commercial as well as > open source software distribution includes msvcr71.dll, say, wincvs, > ImageMagick, VMWare, OpenOffice, etc(just a few cases). > > And the vctoolkit2003's EULA says: > "2.2 Redistributable Code-General. Microsoft grants you a nonexclusive, > royalty-free right to reproduce and distribute the object code form of > any portion of the Software listed in REDIST.TXT ("Redistributable > Code"). For general redistribution requirements for Redistributable > Code, see Section3.1, below. " > > but its redist.txt doesn't list any files! it says: > > "There are no redistributable files (i.e., dll's/cab's, etc.) included > with the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003. Object library files included with the > Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 (e.g. the C Runtime Library static libraries > designated with the suffix ".lib") will be automatically linked to your > program when they are compiled by the Visual C++ compiler and linker. > Inclusion of these static libraries as compiled into your program is > acceptable; you may not, however, redistribute the static libraries > standalone - on their own." > > While MSDN also said files in redist.txt is redistributable, the > VS.net's redist.txt DOES include msvcr71.dll. Does it mean only > VisualStudio user can redistribute it? > > [1] > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore/html/vcconalistofredistributablefiles.asp > > > Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: >> This gives me the heebie-jeebies. What is the license for that dll? >> Are people allowed to re-distribute independent of an app that uses it? >> >> Where else can people get it? >> >> Tim Ellison wrote: >>> Ok, if somebody prefers a different source send a note. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tim >>> >>> Mark Hindess wrote: >>>> I failed to find it on microsoft.com too. Though I'd be happy to be >>>> corrected. >>>> >>>> It was the first hit on the google search I did - or the first that >>>> didn't use javascript and popups to serve the download. It's trivial >>>> to change if you find a better source. >>>> >>>> I was careful to make sure the file it served had the md5sum of the >>>> file in svn. I also checked the sha1sum just to be a little more >>>> confident of its validity. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> -Mark. >>>> >>>> On 3/30/06, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Is "www.dlldump.com" our chosen supplier? I've never heard of them. >>>>> I browsed around and didn't see it anywhere on the microsoft.com >>>>> website. I know we are checking the MD5 to ensure we get the right >>>>> thing; any idea about reliability etc. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mark Hindess (JIRA) wrote: >>>>>> download msvcr71.dll rather than distributing it >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Key: HARMONY-282 >>>>>> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-282 >>>>>> Project: Harmony >>>>>> Type: Improvement >>>>>> Components: Classlib >>>>>> Reporter: Mark Hindess >>>>>> Priority: Trivial >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim suggested we should download the msvcr71.dll rather than >>>>>> distributing it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>>>> IBM Java technology centre, UK. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark Hindess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> IBM Java Technology Centre, UK. >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK.
