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MS licensing VS 2012
I've just loaded MS visual studio 2012 for windows desktop, the free version. Part of the license agreement includes:-
ii. Distribution Requirements. For any Distributable Code you distribute, you must...
add significant primary functionality to it in your programs;
...
require distributors and external end users to agree to terms that protect it at least as much as this agreement;
Can anyone give me an example what is required please?
e.g. what is the minimum text I need to have agreed to, on a first run of the program,
and more of an invitation for comment, what is "significant".
Perhaps I should just unload it and go back to vs 2008 standard.
ii. Distribution Requirements. For any Distributable Code you distribute, you must...
add significant primary functionality to it in your programs;
...
require distributors and external end users to agree to terms that protect it at least as much as this agreement;
Can anyone give me an example what is required please?
e.g. what is the minimum text I need to have agreed to, on a first run of the program,
and more of an invitation for comment, what is "significant".
Perhaps I should just unload it and go back to vs 2008 standard.
ASKER
I'm sorry but I find answer is no better than the license.
I've got to get a user to agree to some terms that MS refer to in respect of protection. Telling them it was made with VS is just information for them. The terms in that section don't include distributing visual studio itself only the code it produces. What if I wanted to allow copying of my programs? Can I not allow this?
I dont understand your reply regarding "significant" at all. The MS text, to me, reads that I must distribute something a bit more than "hello world" programs.
The point of my question is, what is the minimum that MS are looking for.
I've got to get a user to agree to some terms that MS refer to in respect of protection. Telling them it was made with VS is just information for them. The terms in that section don't include distributing visual studio itself only the code it produces. What if I wanted to allow copying of my programs? Can I not allow this?
I dont understand your reply regarding "significant" at all. The MS text, to me, reads that I must distribute something a bit more than "hello world" programs.
The point of my question is, what is the minimum that MS are looking for.
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Thanks. Clear English is missing in most license terms.
"Significant" is the look shape feel or function that makes VS VS. If someone can use your program and say "this is visual studio", then there is something proprietary that could use protection.