Re: Shipping Subversion binaries with TortoiseSVN installer?

Magnus ... wrote:
> I just posted the same request on the Users list:
> http://groups.google.com/group/tortoisesvn/browse_thread/thread/7f25f1f989303757
> (sorry about that, it was a silly location).
>
> It seems that the answer here really is NO, and that it has been
> argued on architectural and support grounds by the people that have
> been kind enough to provide the world with TortoiseSVN, which really
> is the coolest interface to Subversion. So I won't argue with that.
>
>
> I wonder what would happen if someone were to use ORCA and/or WiX to
> join matching SlikSVN and TortoiseSVN installers in one and provide
> the result to the world. The questions would then be:
>
> 1. Is such a distribution allowed by the licenses the projects are
> governed by, and if not, would the developers object to such a
> release?

Yes, and yes.

If someone else would start providing downloads for TSVN, I would:
* definitely not support any issues users have with that non-official
download
* maybe even stop providing the official build - I have no intention of
spending hours to get a release ready so others can make money from it

Stefan

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