Licensing literature for the .NET Framework

[John]

Hi,

I was speaking to somebody about a project yesterday regarding writing a
small web app for him.

He suggested ASP, and I of course suggest ASP.NET. He rejected the idea due
to licensing and cost etc... I told him the .NET framework is free and as
long as he's got a licensed version of any of the Windows Server products
with IIS he can download & run it.

First of if I am wrong in the above statement, please god, can somebody
please straighten me out before I have to pay for it. ;-)

If I am correct, can somebody please point me to a Microsoft document where
this is actually spelled out ... just to set his mind at ease.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
John

 

[Karl]

First off you are right

THE EULA for the .net redistributable is located:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetfxredisteula1_1.asp

I have no law experience, but from what I'm reading, it's basically saying
that you can't use the component if you don't have a valid OS license.
Which implies that if you have a valid OS license you can.

the cost being talked about could be for VS.Net or SQL Server..or other
things...Web Matrix and MSDE/Jet could be cheaper alternatives..

Karl

 

[John]

Thanks Karl,

This is exactly what I was looking for.

Regards,
John