I'm going to side step the licensing questions ( IMANAL ) and simply state that WiX redistributables may or may not be in your MSI. Generally if you use many of the Extensions there will be otherwise there won't be. For example using WiX UI will include various graphics resources and possibly a custom action for printing a EULA. ( Not sure on that one. ) Including other extensions such as SQL and IIS will include DLL custom actions that process table data to interop with SQL/IIS. On the otherhand using only the default namespaces will result in WiX generating an MSI with nothing from WiX itself included. I imagine that those resources are considered "CPL licensed code". Common sense tells me a great number of things but as IAMNAL I won't go there. Hope that somewhat helps.
Chris --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me From: Brett Kosinski <bre...@invidi.com> To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Silly question about WiX licensing and generated MSIs. Just up front, I want to point out I did try to JFGI this issue, but alas, I couldn't find an answer. So, WiX itself is under the CPL. But what about the MSIs that are generated by WiX? Is CPL-licensed code included in the MSIs? I know tools like Bison specifically exclude generated code from their licensing, and I'm curious if WiX is the same. Brett. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
