Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
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Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
Hi
I've recently written some graphic application in windows.
i've was successfull in running it under Linux using Wine.
I had to add gdiplus.dll to the windows/system32 directory.
now for my question.
Is it legal for me to create a "Bundle" Wine with my application and make it work "native like" under linux - and then sell it?
Meaning that the end user will buy my software, that eventually install my application while it will run under the Wine platform.
my question regards legal issues for Wine but mainly for Microsoft.
Since i'm using gdiplus.dll, arent i'm obligated to pay something to microsoft?
Thanks
I've recently written some graphic application in windows.
i've was successfull in running it under Linux using Wine.
I had to add gdiplus.dll to the windows/system32 directory.
now for my question.
Is it legal for me to create a "Bundle" Wine with my application and make it work "native like" under linux - and then sell it?
Meaning that the end user will buy my software, that eventually install my application while it will run under the Wine platform.
my question regards legal issues for Wine but mainly for Microsoft.
Since i'm using gdiplus.dll, arent i'm obligated to pay something to microsoft?
Thanks
Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, asafbenzaken <[email protected]> wrote:
need the native DLL. Perhaps we can fix it.
it, but that doesn't matter).
app, and then tell people to run the app with Wine-1.0.
You could provide a script that would download Wine 1.0
and install your app in it, say.
- Dan
Please file a bug for whatever you ran into in gdiplus that made youI've recently written some graphic application in windows.
i've was successfull in running it under Linux using Wine.
I had to add gdiplus.dll to the windows/system32 directory.
need the native DLL. Perhaps we can fix it.
Yes. Google does this with Picasa (well, they don't sellnow for my question.
Is it legal for me to create a "Bundle" Wine with my application
and make it work "native like" under linux - and then sell it?
it, but that doesn't matter).
A better path would be to bundle gdiplus.dll with your WindowsMeaning that the end user will but a software that will install my
application while it will run under the Wine platform?
my question regards legal issues for Wine but mainly for Microsoft.
since i'm using gdiplus.dll, arent i'm obligated to pay something to microsoft?
app, and then tell people to run the app with Wine-1.0.
You could provide a script that would download Wine 1.0
and install your app in it, say.
- Dan
Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:20 PM, asafbenzaken <[email protected]> wrote:
gdiplus, the issue gets even more complex. You'd be better off filing
bugs for whatever gdi functions are missing/incomplete in wine's
gdiplus, so you could avoid using native.
You should consult a lawyer about this. If you're using nativeHi
I've recently written some graphic application in windows.
i've was successfull in running it under Linux using Wine.
I had to add gdiplus.dll to the windows/system32 directory.
now for my question.
Is it legal for me to create a "Bundle" Wine with my application and make it work "native like" under linux - and then sell it?
Meaning that the end user will but a software that will install my application while it will run under the Wine platform?
my question regards legal issues for Wine but mainly for Microsoft.
since i'm using gdiplus.dll, arent i'm obligated to pay something to microsoft?
Thanks
gdiplus, the issue gets even more complex. You'd be better off filing
bugs for whatever gdi functions are missing/incomplete in wine's
gdiplus, so you could avoid using native.
Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Austin English <[email protected]> wrote:
systems that need it, he's fine.
As long as his app bundles gdiplus for use on WindowsYou'd be better off filing
bugs for whatever gdi functions are missing/incomplete in wine's
gdiplus, so you could avoid using native.
systems that need it, he's fine.
Re: Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
If that version/form of gdiplus is an authorized redistributable binary from Microsoft. They explicitly prohibit redistributions of any parts of the system unless they give you a redistributable package and a the right to do so.Dan Kegel wrote:On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Austin English <[email protected]> wrote:As long as his app bundles gdiplus for use on WindowsYou'd be better off filing
bugs for whatever gdi functions are missing/incomplete in wine's
gdiplus, so you could avoid using native.
systems that need it, he's fine.
Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:36 PM, vitamin <[email protected]> wrote:
For instance, if you use the redistributable from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... 590FEAA05A
you can clearly bundle that gdiplus.dll with your
windows app.
I am not a lawyer, but:
You clearly should not bundle Microsoft's gdiplus.dll
with a Linux-only version of your app.
It's fine to bundle it with the Windows version of
your app, though, to let it run on versions of Windows
that don't have that library.
- Dan
Oh, absolutely, you have to obey the EULA.If that version/form of gdiplus is an authorized redistributable binary from Microsoft. They explicitly prohibit redistributions of any parts of the system unless they give you a redistributable package and a the right to do so.
For instance, if you use the redistributable from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... 590FEAA05A
you can clearly bundle that gdiplus.dll with your
windows app.
I am not a lawyer, but:
You clearly should not bundle Microsoft's gdiplus.dll
with a Linux-only version of your app.
It's fine to bundle it with the Windows version of
your app, though, to let it run on versions of Windows
that don't have that library.
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Legal issues for bundling Wine with my Application
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:46 AM, asafbenzaken <[email protected]> wrote:
So run with Wine's instead of Windows', and see
what happens.
rm -rf ~.wine
reinstall your app *without* copying in a gdiplus.dll, and
run your app. Let us know what happens.
- Dan
Right, though Wine's might be missing some functions.about the GDIPLUS DLL
if i understand correctly, there should be no reason for me
to add it because Wine have a ported version of it?
So run with Wine's instead of Windows', and see
what happens.
You don't need to find it. Wipe out your ~/.wine directory, e.g.for some reason, i cant find it...
rm -rf ~.wine
reinstall your app *without* copying in a gdiplus.dll, and
run your app. Let us know what happens.
- Dan