Redistribution rights of interop assemblies

[Rossouw]

I have developed an application that creates Excel and Word documents, hence, Interop.Word.dl l and Interop.Excell. dl asre being included into the installation package.

May I redistribute these dll's with my application package?
And how does the Developers Licenses work?

I live in SA and have heard that the redistribution rights may be different.

[Frinavale]

It looks like you're going to have to include the Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies into your installation. I would assume that you are allowed to redistribute this package since Microsoft has include "redistributabl e" in the name of this package...but if I were you, I would contact Microsoft to be sure (there is a "contact us" link at the bottom of the download page for the package).



-Frinny

[Rossouw]

Hi Finny,

Thanks for your reply. Let me know when you hear anything from Microsoft.

Regards,
Rossouw

[Frinavale]

Rossouw, I think you misunderstood.

Why would I want to contact Microsoft about your question when it is your question to ask?

-Frinny

[Rossouw]

This is the email I received,

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I would contact Microsoft to make sure that you are not going to run into any problems. It looks like you're going to have to include the Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en) into your installation. I would assume that you are allowed to redistribute this package since Microsoft has include "redistributabl e" in the name of this package...but I would still contact Microsoft (there is a "contact us" link on the download page for the package).



-Frinny
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After reading your post online, the two posts don't match, apologies.

Rossouw