[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist)?

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#1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++  Redistributable Package
(vcredist)?
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 Reporter:  dhastings     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker       |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  Installation  |     Version:  6.4.1                    
 Keywords:  wingrass      |    Platform:  MSWindows 7              
      Cpu:  x86-64        |  
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Comment(by hamish):

 fwiw here is the "OS exemption" text of the GPL2 which we have to satisfy:

 {{{
 [...] However, as a
 special exception, the source code distributed need not include
 anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
 form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
 operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
 itself accompanies the executable.

 If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering
 access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
 access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
 distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
 compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
 }}}


 the key words here are '''unless that component itself accompanies the
 executable''', which I read as: we clearly can't bundle it in our all-in-
 one grass_installer.exe download. After that what ''accompanies'' means is
 up to the lawyers to decide, but between the choices of automatically
 download & install vs. ask [Yes][No] then do it (or not), I'm more
 comfortable with the "user takes action" option, since then it was the
 user's decision not ours.

 I don't think the second paragraph above is as relevant, but copied here
 in case someone else reads it differently.


 fun,
 Hamish

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