.NET Licensing

[Chuck B]

I found a FAQ on the MS website that states "No licensing restrictions for
applications built using the Express Editions" but my boss wants explicit
terms & conditions.

Can somebody point me to an official MS page that spells out terms &
conditions for using .NET 2.0, the .NET SDK, and the Express Editions of the
development tools?

 

[Marina Levit [MVP]]

None of this has licensing issues, including visual studio itself. If it
did, no one could realistically sell their products.

I don't have a link for you that spells this out, but I've never heard of a
development tool charging for selling or distributing your application.

 

[Jani Järvinen [MVP]]

Hello Chuck,

I found a FAQ on the MS website that states "No licensing restrictions for
applications built using the Express Editions" but my boss wants explicit
terms & conditions.

"Better safe than sorry" as the saying goes. It seems to be difficult to
find direct links to the EULAs (End-User License Agreements), but here seems
to be the .NET Framework 2.0 text:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/c/47c23122-8647-4277-bec7-5164a6714f12/FX20.ENU.htm

As for the other two, the EULAs are displayed when you install the
products/SDKs. You could try to copy-and-paste the text from there to your
boss. Also, Visual Studio Express might have an file called "Eula.doc" or
"Eula.txt" under the installation directory, try searching for one.

Finally, this link might prove to be useful:

The ISV Guide for Redistributing the .NET Framework and Other Runtime
Components
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/isvdistmsdn.asp

--
Regards,

Mr. Jani Järvinen
C# MVP
Helsinki, Finland
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/

 

[Chuck B]

I appreciate the suggestions. I'll follow up and see what I can find.

 

[Chuck B]

Unfortunately we were stung during an inspection a while back that ended up
costing the company significantly because employees were putting
unauthorized (and unlicensed) software on the companies computers. That
makes the IT manager very sensitive to licensing issues. We need something
more reliable than 3rd party info.

Thanks.

 

[Marina Levit [MVP]]

Well, there is quite a difference between installing unlicensed software and
distributing software created with a legally licensed development tool.

I understand what you are saying though.