When I worked for Textron the WiX extensions were a cause for concern also. See, the "standard custom actions" in some of the WiX extensions and DTF components aren't used only at compilation and build time but they are also used at run (install) time. The build output can contain CPL licensed components.
Make sense? This email is only to frame the issue. Otherwise, I'm staying out of it. :-) ---------------------------------------- From: "Dirk Räder" <d...@raeder.cc> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:22 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] alternative licensing options for WiX Hello, deja vu. We've had a very similar discussion about two monthes ago on this mailing list. Although I'm not a lawyer, as far as I am concerned, WiX makes use of CPL-licensed components only during compilation / build time. The output of the build process has no license imposed on it just because it is compiled using WiX. The license on the build output is completely defined by your or your company. Or is the usage of CPL'ed software itself kind of forbidden in your company? Kind regards, Dirk 2012/4/18 <maksim.vazhe...@emc.com>: > Dear Sirs, > > We are considering WiX as a platform to build our installers. We have > completed prototyping and it has been proven that WiX can significantly > simplify our installation codes using custom WiX extensions. > > The only issue that we have to sort out before switching to WiX is the CPL > license that is strongly discouraged by our company due to its restrictive > patent clause. > > Are there any alternative licensing options for WiX that we can use/purchase? > > Thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second > resolution app monitoring today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
