[IronPython] Distributing a commercial application which hosts IronPython 2

[Angus Gratton]

Hi folks,

(Sorry if this is an inappropriate place to ask this question. I 
searched the archives, but prior license discussions all seem to refer 
to the old license.)

What is the "best" way to distribute a commercial application which 
hosts IronPython 2? Is this even possible?

My original plan was just to require users to install IronPython first, 
and reference the assemblies from the IronPython installation. However, 
because IronPython doesn't install anything to the GAC, and because of 
.NET Framework limitations about loading assemblies from outside the 
AppDomain's base directory, this is impractical.

It doesn't seem like Silverlight installs anything to the GAC, either.

 From reading the MS Public License, it looks like it might be possible 
to distribute the IronPython and DLR assemblies along with our 
application, explicitly under the MS-PL. While concurrently the 
commercial/proprietary parts of the application (including our hosting 
code) are distributed under our closed license. Is that correct? I can't 
seem to find a clear answer anywhere. Are there any examples of how to 
correctly structure a license agreement, in this case?

I would very much like to allow people to use IronPython from our 
application (I'm very impressed with both the language implementation, 
the performance, and the hosting API), I'm just unsure how to do it.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Regards,

Angus Gratton
VSoft Technologies
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