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RE: [stellation-res] Windows distribution file
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On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 03:14, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> > >DeSmet_Ringo@xxxxxxx
> > >Sent: December 17, 2002 8:44 AM
> > >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: RE: [stellation-res] Windows distribution file
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> 1. Produce a Windows installer file.
> > >
> > >> The major disadvantage is that either you need an expensive commercial
> > >> installer generation program or you are faced with a LOT of
> > >> work to generate a .msi file.
> > >
> > >
> > >> I would very much like to avoid option 1 because of the
> > >> requirements for
> > >> commercial products to build the distribution file. This
> > >> approach, to me is
> > >> not in the spirit of open source projects.
> > >
> > >I just found this. Haven't looked at it, but might be good to
> > >give it a try.
> > >
> > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/chimpinstall/
> > >
> > >Ringo
> It is a possibility, however, it is released under the GPL and I don't know
> if that could cause us any problems.
I think not; since it never links to the Stellation code, there's
no contamination risk. The installation scripts that we write for it
may need to be GPL, but that's not a problem, so long as nothing GPLed
links into the Stellation code base.
I'll check with the legal folks to verify.
-Mark
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