writing competing products in vc++

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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.
 
Abubakar said:
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?
Click to expand...

For an authoritative answer: Find EULA.TXT in your VC++ distribution and
hire a lawyer to determine if your project is in conflict with the license
agreement. For a less authoritative answer, read it yourself and see what
you think.

-cd
 
Abubakar said:
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.
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You might consider the source of the question, and ask yourself if the
questioner is just trying to jerk you around. Any signs of anti-Microsoft
zealotism there?
Meanwhile, I'll try to get you an authoritative answer. I'm certainly not
qualified to say!
 
Abubakar said:
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.
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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.
 
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