You're not clear if you're referring to WiX DLLs, your own DLLs or 3rd party DLLs.
WiX itself is licensed under the CPL, see CPL.TXT where you installed WiX for more information. Generally I follow the rule of thumb that if a Merge Module is available, use that. Licensing is usually pretty clear around merge modules, they're provided *for* redistribution so using them "as is" is permitted. If no merge module is available, contact the author/owner/licensor and clarify. 3rd party DLLs vary - you're not permitted to distribute 'debug' versions of Microsoft DLLs for example, even with the debug Merge Modules... although they are provided for development use. If a runtime package is provided, you can probably check the EULA. Most often you can use the runtime redistributable package "as is" if you abide by the EULA, or have your customer agree to the EULA. Cherry picking files from inside a redistributable package, a merge module, or pulling files that you find on your system is very much a grey area that I would do my best to avoid. Sascha On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM, spsingam <siva.poobalasin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi all, > > I have developed our Installer using WIX. We are now ready to sell our > product. > > What i am concerned is about Licensing issues that might relate to WIX as > there are some dll/s that might be contained within our MSI/s. > > Anyone out there who has had similar issues that know what i might have to > do to prevent legal misfortune ? > > Thank you. > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Licensing-Issues-tp4492255p4492255.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
