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Subject:    Re: [graphviz-interest] Redistributing graphviz libs (Windows)
From:       John Ellson <ellson () research ! att ! com>
Date:       2010-07-26 2:02:38
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  I'm not the licensing expert, nor a Windows expert, but I think our 
preference should be that you not redistribute any graphviz files 
outside of their original package.
Just make graphviz a pre-requisite to your package.   (OK, I'm thinking 
of decent package managed systems, I've no idea how you express this on 
Windows.)

For your plugin, during postinstall, and with installation priviledges, 
you must invoke "dot -c" to register your plugin.

Do not ship config6 with your code as this would break other-people's 
added plugins.

John

On 07/01/2010 04:46 AM, wwp wrote:
> Hello there,
>
>
> I've built a Qt/C++ program that links against graphviz 2.26.3's
> release-mode libs (-lgraph -lgvc). I'm wondering what to redistribute
> of the graphviz files so that the program works and the redistribution
> scheme is appropriate with respect to the licensing.
>
> I tried to put all .dll files (including gvplugin* ones) from
> GRAPHVIZDIR\lib\release\dll\ to the directory where my .exe resides,
> plus the config6 file (I had to do this for the GNU/Linux version of my
> app, works fine), but at run-time I still nothing displayed and no
> error in output (*).
>
> Is there something I'm missing?
>
> (*) for instance if the config6 file were missing, I would get an error
> like:
>    Error: Layout type: "fdp" not recognized. Use one of:
>    <empty list here>
>
> FYI, the .dll and config files I'm attempting to ship with my commercial
> application come from a Windows XP 32bit install done using the .msi
> found at the official website. I'm still struggling to make a custom
> build using VC90 to get rid of dependencies and to make a 64bit build,
> but that's at least two other topics.
>
> I couldn't find any help with the redistributing scheme on Windows in
> the doc or the archives.
>
> Any hint there?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> regards
>
>
>
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    I'm not the licensing expert, nor a Windows expert, but I think our
    preference should be that you not redistribute any graphviz files
    outside of their original package.<br>
    Just make graphviz a pre-requisite to your package.&nbsp;&nbsp; (OK, I'm
    thinking of decent package managed systems, I've no idea how you
    express this on Windows.)<br>
    <br>
    For your plugin, during postinstall, and with installation
    priviledges, you must invoke "dot -c" to register your plugin.<br>
    <br>
    Do not ship config6 with your code as this would break
    other-people's added plugins.<br>
    <br>
    John<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    On 07/01/2010 04:46 AM, wwp wrote:
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      <pre wrap="">Hello there,

I've built a Qt/C++ program that links against graphviz 2.26.3's
release-mode libs (-lgraph -lgvc). I'm wondering what to redistribute
of the graphviz files so that the program works and the redistribution
scheme is appropriate with respect to the licensing.

I tried to put all .dll files (including gvplugin* ones) from
GRAPHVIZDIR\lib\release\dll\ to the directory where my .exe resides,
plus the config6 file (I had to do this for the GNU/Linux version of my
app, works fine), but at run-time I still nothing displayed and no
error in output (*).

Is there something I'm missing?

(*) for instance if the config6 file were missing, I would get an error
like:
  Error: Layout type: "fdp" not recognized. Use one of:
  &lt;empty list here&gt;

FYI, the .dll and config files I'm attempting to ship with my commercial
application come from a Windows XP 32bit install done using the .msi
found at the official website. I'm still struggling to make a custom
build using VC90 to get rid of dependencies and to make a 64bit build,
but that's at least two other topics.

I couldn't find any help with the redistributing scheme on Windows in
the doc or the archives.

Any hint there?

Thanks in advance,
regards

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