Re: [WiX-users] Calling embedded binaries with dependencies in WIX
Just as a side note, cygwin and sed (what you seem to be using) are both licensed under GPL license hence you are required to provide source code access to all customers using the software (installer is also software), including any modifications. Furthermore, the installer would need to be rebuildable with the modified sed files (if customers wants to do that for whatever reason) so source code/object code of the wix would need to be provided as well. Adam, I'm not a lawyer, but I don't believe that this interpretation is correct. The GPL talks about derived works, and I don't believe that using sed in your installer makes your installer a derived work of sed. This quote from Wikipedia is helpful: The program must be GPL only if it includes GPL source code or it is linked with a GPL library (with the usual provisos about relying on Wikipedia). You would have to comply with the provisions about supplying source code to sed, but you it is sufficient to provide a written offer to supply the source code on demand: Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange Regards, John - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Calling embedded binaries with dependencies in WIX
I'm attempting to call sed.exe as an embedded binary from an MSI - however, it has three dependencies: cygiconv2.dll, cygintl2.dll, and cygwin1.dll. Does wix have any mechanism, through custom actions, that would allow sed.exe to be called from within the MSI - through the binary tag - without having to actually install the various dependencies? Thanks. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Calling embedded binaries with dependencies in WIX
Jose Sanchez Saldana (Excell Data Corporation) wrote: I’m attempting to call sed.exe as an embedded binary from an MSI – however, it has three dependencies: cygiconv2.dll, cygintl2.dll, and cygwin1.dll. Does wix have any mechanism, through custom actions, that would allow sed.exe to be called from within the MSI - through the binary tag – without having to actually install the various dependencies? Thanks. No. From my experience, I would only recommend static binaries for custom actions (ie. do not rely on C runtime either). Just as a side note, cygwin and sed (what you seem to be using) are both licensed under GPL license hence you are required to provide source code access to all customers using the software (installer is also software), including any modifications. Furthermore, the installer would need to be rebuildable with the modified sed files (if customers wants to do that for whatever reason) so source code/object code of the wix would need to be provided as well. If you are using this for excel installation or something like that, I would urge you not to use GPLed code or binaries - they are *not* freeware. Instead, please use BSD licensed software or similar software that may be considered freeware for binary only distributions. I think there are BSD implementations of sed (though less feature packed than GNU GPL version) - Adam - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
