Michael Kearns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been using python to write a simple 'launcher' for one of our > Java applications for quite a while now. I recently updated it to use > python 2.4, and all seemed well. > > Today, one of my colleagues noted that on her machine the launcher > would complain it was missing a DLL - msvcr71.dll > > However, there's a very grey area concerning the redistribution of said DLL. > > If you've been keeping up with the dev list, and some other web > discussions, you'll see that this has cropped up several times, but > with no conclusion in a legal fashion other than 'investigate it on > your own legal terms'. > > I'm now going to have step back to using 2.3 until this issue is > solved, but judging by the way the dev list discussion just faded, I > get the impression that it may be a long wait. > > I can't see how any company (or individual) can distribute an > application written in python, and then 'frozen' (I used py2exe) in > any way if they rely on the python24.dll that ships as standard. This > is surely a step backwards in usability.
For commercial development, it should not be a problem to buy a license for MSVC 7.1, which gives you the right to distribute msvcrt71.dll. And maybe that's the reason that few people care about this issue? Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list