Re: writing competing products in vc++

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From: Abubakar (Abubakar_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:54:01 -0800

Thank you so much for supplying this information!

Abubakar.
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"Peter van der Goes" wrote:

>
> "Abubakar" <Abubakar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D6C11B18-D0FA-4CE9-A92E-E681E39B4D3D@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > on some opensource group when I tried to compile there compiler with vc++
> > someone said this to me:
> > "BTW, does the VS.NET license even allows one to write compilers with it?
> > I remember reading the Visual C++ once and it expressly prohibited writing
> > competing products (including compilers)."
> >
> > Is this true?
> >
> > Ab.
>
> Follow-up. Prevailing opinion (from a MVP group) is that no such restriction
> exists in the current license. I read the EULA and can find no explicit
> statement making or referring to such a restriction. (I'm not an attorney).
> My opinion: your quote comes from somebody trying to spread FUD.
>
> --
> Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
> Jack of all trades, master of none.
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