[issue3617] Add MS EULA to the list of third-party licenses in the Windows installer

2008-09-12 Thread Van Lindberg
Van Lindberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Sorry for the long comment. There are two parts to this comment. First, my recommendation, and second, the somewhat tedious analysis of the Microsoft EULAs. The second part is the verbiage to justify the first. Recommen

[issue3617] Add MS EULA to the list of third-party licenses in the Windows installer

2008-09-12 Thread Van Lindberg
Van Lindberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: The important part is that we point out the Microsoft redistributables are subject to Microsoft's restrictions; we don't need to point to a specific EULA URL. People installing Python will agree to the license terms as t

[issue3617] Add MS EULA to the list of third-party licenses in the Windows installer

2008-09-13 Thread Van Lindberg
Van Lindberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Neil, you are right. I was thinking about linking to the binary dll (which some people think might impose licensing restrictions under some circumstances), but the text does refer to the source code. As Python does not distribute any