Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-24 Thread Rob Mensching
IANAL but "Nothing" is the intention. See 5th paragraph and last multi-line paragraph here: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/20/The-WiX-toolset-license (I should have numbered the paragrpahs ) On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Peter Hull wrote: > Thanks, that does help. If I could just

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-24 Thread Peter Hull
Thanks, that does help. If I could just ask the question slightly differently: If I modified the WiX source, as I understand it, I would need to licence my changed WiX source under MS-RL and make it freely available. If I downloaded a binary of the WiX toolset and then used that toolset (unchang

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-20 Thread Rob Mensching
Microsoft itself is violating the > license > in this regard. Given the widespread use of WiX in MSFT, surely there are > some violations like this.) > > > -Original Message- > > From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] > > Sent: Monday, August 20, 20

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-20 Thread James Johnston
se of WiX in MSFT, surely there are some violations like this.) > -Original Message- > From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 16:30 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outerc

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-20 Thread Bruce Cran
On 20/08/2012 16:41, Rob Mensching wrote: > I think wrote > down the answer this morning: > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/20/The-WiX-toolset-license Thanks, it's great to see that update on licensing. Since the 'viral' nature of copyleft licenses scares some people, it might be worth

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-20 Thread Rob Mensching
Sorry, whole family + nanny has been sick over last week. I think wrote down the answer this morning: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/20/The-WiX-toolset-license On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Peter Hull wrote: > > From: edwin.cas...@fiserv.com > > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:12:44 -040

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-16 Thread Peter Hull
> From: edwin.cas...@fiserv.com > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:12:44 -0400 > > I think it is important to ask these questions if only to determine the > intentions of the licensors and encourage that the license be more explicit > about its intentions. These things should not be determined in cour

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-15 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
ednesday, August 15, 2012 5:46 AM > To: WiX Users > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation > > > > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:08:06 +0100 > > From: br...@cran.org.uk > > > This sounds to me rather simi

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-15 Thread Peter Hull
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:08:06 +0100 > From: br...@cran.org.uk > This sounds to me rather similar to requirement iv. under the previous CPL: > > iv. states that source code for the Program is available from such > Contributor, and informs licensees how t

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-15 Thread Bruce Cran
On 15/08/2012 12:55, Peter Hull wrote: > (A) Reciprocal Grants- For any file you distribute that contains code from > the software (in source code or binary format), you must provide recipients > the source code to that file along with a copy of this license, which license > will govern that fil

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-15 Thread Peter Hull
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:06:07 +0100 > From: br...@cran.org.uk > I'm a bit surprised that the license change wasn't highlighted - it > seems WiX is now licensed under the Ms-Rl. I would appreciate some clarification on this license too. (A) Reciprocal Grants- For any file you distribute that

Re: [WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-14 Thread Bruce Cran
On 14/08/2012 17:01, Bob Arnson wrote: > http://www.outercurve.org/Blogs/EntryId/58/WiX-joins-the-Outercurve-Foundation > > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/14/Outercurve-Foundation-and-WiX-toolset-together-at-last I'm a bit surprised that the license change wasn't highlighted - it seems

[WiX-users] WiX joins the Outercurve Foundation

2012-08-14 Thread Bob Arnson
http://www.outercurve.org/Blogs/EntryId/58/WiX-joins-the-Outercurve-Foundation http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/14/Outercurve-Foundation-and-WiX-toolset-together-at-last -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --