Christian Heimes wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> Devs: >> >> I've been in correspondence with Microsoft about the provision of >> software, and it transpires that if you want to support Windows better >> Microsoft will be quite liberal about licensing: they will *give* you a >> Microsoft Developer Network license. >> >> If you are interested in offering better Windows support then please >> read the email below (note: Windows buildbot support would be a >> qualifying activity) and let me have the required details. I will pass >> them to Tom in bulk to simplify the processing. > > [...] > >>> MSDN subscriptions include copies of most Microsoft products (including >>> Office and Exchange) for use while developing and testing software. For >>> more details, check here - we provide Visual Studio Pro with MSDN Premium >>> under this program >>> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/subscriptionschart.aspx). > > Thanks you for getting in touch with Microsoft. The deal is worth a > fortune for any Windows developer! > > Does the MSDN subscription also include the permission to create and > release binaries? Sam Ramji wrote just "developing and testing". Me and > probably all other subscribers like to use the MSDN subscription to > build Windows binaries of Python and Python related extensions. Can you > please verify that we are allowed to use the subscription for that > purpose, too? > I'll ask. I don't see why not (it would hardly be in Microsoft's interest to help us create unreleasable open source projects, would it?)
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