On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 3/6/2013 11:55 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Someone would have to check, but in most cases, software licenses >> govern the use, more than the distribution. If you're allowed to >> download it free of charge from microsoft.com, you should be able to >> get hold of it in some other way and it be exactly the same. But yeah, >> if you want to be legal you'd have to actually read the EULA. > > > As I remember, the 2008 vcexpress license specifically prohibits > redistribtion even though MS gave it away for free. So we can not document > other means of obtaining it. We went through the same issue with vc2005 when > that was pulled from the MS site. I had the file but could not legally send > it to anyone. As it is, my copy of 2008 file, which I meant to keep, seems > gone (I believe the directory I had it in got corrupted).
Blah. Okay, that settles that, then. Of course, everything I said above is still possible, just not something the PSF will officially condone. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
