Pretty much every copyleft except the FSF's GPL allows dynamically linked
library usage (unless it is explicitly denied). If it doesn't involve changing
the code of the binary you wish to use, it's probably legal (the disclaimer is
here because IANAL, you should consult with your own to be sure).
The license does require anytime you change the sources, you have to distribute
your sources (to encourage giving your improvements back to the community). If
the sources are not modified, you can distribute the binary under any license
that does not violate this toolset's license. That means you prohibit any
actions that would cause this license to be broken (such as modifying the
toolset's code and not giving it back to the community/sharing the changes).
I personally don't see how distributing the binaries and using them in the way
you describe would violate the license, unless your license allows people to
take the toolset's binaries and alter them in some way...
Further disclaimer: I understand that certain parts of the toolset are
considered sample code or are otherwise intended for editing and aren't
expected to trigger the above restrictions from the license (such as the
standard BA's theme files) but I haven't seen the definitive ruling on that.
Rob? Care to comment?
Blair
> From: simongustavs...@driveworks.co.uk
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 15:01:42 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn - Extracting packages in managed bootstrapper
>
> Righto, in that case only one of my initial questions remain.
>
> Am I clear to reference and use the public APIs in wix.dll (& winterop.dll)
> to implement this
> Functionality in our bootstrapper, and ship said files with our bootstrapper,
> or would this break the license agreement in some way?
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 7 November, 2013 13:06
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn - Extracting packages in managed bootstrapper
>
> Simon, you are correct.
>
>
> I’ve seen this request several times on this list. I don’t know if anyone has
> made a feature request or not.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Blair
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Simon Gustavsson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 3:12 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>
>
>
>
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't -layout only download external packages?
> I might have been unclear, what I want to do is extract packages that have
> been embedded Within the bootstrapper.
>
> We are doing this so that customers would have the option of using the MSIs
> directly for deployment Should it fit their needs better, so preventing the
> MSI from running would completely go against what we're trying to do. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom [mailto:tomer.d...@intergraph.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 November, 2013 19:57
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn - Extracting packages in managed bootstrapper
>
>
> use the -layout option for burn
>
> (should consider to add a custom action inside each msi to prevent running it
> without setup.exe)
>
>
>
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