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10-28-2020, 11:39 AM
Hello all,
since Nettalk 11 requires the latest version of OpenSSL, if we tinker a secure
webserver, and that OpenSSL again requires the latest fashion of the Microsoft
Visual C++ Redistributable, we have to provide them to our endusers.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
There is the option to tell SB to include them into the installer. However, I
have to confess that I failed to manage this.
Even more, there is a small chance that the endusers install our program on a
segregated network with no access to the internet. So, missing this inclusion
of the redistrubutables into my installer is not too bad at all then, as I
still have to provide some solution for the admin to obtain that little critter
anyway. At least I can tell them the download-link. Sending out that installer
as part of my ZIP, together with my own installer, would make it more
convenient for the admins, though.
So my question is: Are we permitted to include this Microsoft Visual C++
Redistributable vc_redist.x86.exe into our deployment package?
Or are we only allowed to point to Microsofts website, for the admins to get it
themselves?
Microsoft writes:
"If any of these files are
provided by Microsoft, check
whether you're permitted to
redistribute them.
You'll find a link to the
Visual Studio license terms
in the IDE."
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/redistributing-visual-cpp-files?view=vs-2019
Hmmm, I do not use Visual Studio, I do not have their IDE. OpenSSL did write
that program and its DLLs.
Does anyone of you know more about this Legalese?
Regards,
Wolfgang Orth
www.odata.de
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since Nettalk 11 requires the latest version of OpenSSL, if we tinker a secure
webserver, and that OpenSSL again requires the latest fashion of the Microsoft
Visual C++ Redistributable, we have to provide them to our endusers.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
There is the option to tell SB to include them into the installer. However, I
have to confess that I failed to manage this.
Even more, there is a small chance that the endusers install our program on a
segregated network with no access to the internet. So, missing this inclusion
of the redistrubutables into my installer is not too bad at all then, as I
still have to provide some solution for the admin to obtain that little critter
anyway. At least I can tell them the download-link. Sending out that installer
as part of my ZIP, together with my own installer, would make it more
convenient for the admins, though.
So my question is: Are we permitted to include this Microsoft Visual C++
Redistributable vc_redist.x86.exe into our deployment package?
Or are we only allowed to point to Microsofts website, for the admins to get it
themselves?
Microsoft writes:
"If any of these files are
provided by Microsoft, check
whether you're permitted to
redistribute them.
You'll find a link to the
Visual Studio license terms
in the IDE."
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/redistributing-visual-cpp-files?view=vs-2019
Hmmm, I do not use Visual Studio, I do not have their IDE. OpenSSL did write
that program and its DLLs.
Does anyone of you know more about this Legalese?
Regards,
Wolfgang Orth
www.odata.de
Please note:
From time to time it happens, that I overlook a reply to my postings.
Please don't be angry.
In case of an emergency, try to contact me via mail.
Bitte beachten:
Von Zeit zu Zeit passiert es mir, dass ich Antworten auf meine Postings übersehe.
Bitte nicht böse sein.
Im Notfall bitte Kontakt per Mail versuchen.