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The scenario: i build an application with Autohotkey. Quite complex, with a lot of scripts and folders etc. Of course i cannot expect that the users have AHK installed in their systems, so i include Autohotkey.exe in my application as the "machine" for the whole script system.

The question: Concerning licencing, what must i include in the distribution, and how.

Background: i messed quite a bit searching for example here and here, but I simply want a simple answer if possible ... ?

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Feel free to distribute autohotkey.exe. You should not charge anything for it though.
This is my best understanding.

I think it does not hold true. Freedom does not have to do with money, according to GPL. The question is about licence.

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Just provide a forum link in your scripts for support

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Religion is false. >_>

If i don't get a clear answer you bet i do the link here.

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I would interperet the whole 'free software' thing to mean this:

By all means, try to charge money for anything that is your original work

If your product contains other peoples' tools, please respect those peeps' hard work by keeping their work intact when you package it with your stuff.

Basically, If I were to try to sell some AHK scripts of my own, I would make it very clear that AHK is freely available at no charge and I would include a pristine copy of the AHK install files ( for the specific purpose of preserving the version of AHK used to implement the scripts). But I'm not a legal expert...

Keep in mind that if you are serious about selling software, you should provide support for your customers. If you are unwilling to provide a customer experience that's worth paying for, don't charge money for it!

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please refer to http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720

basically, you may sell your script. you may read Chris (the developer)'s comments in that thread.

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iason has already has that link in title post.
He wants to hear a Yes / No on distribution of AutoHotkey.exe

fair point. I did not read closely enough.

he must follow the gpl for distribution of the exe.

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Oh! In that case,



1) Readme.txt

AutoHotkey.exe is distributed under GPL. For more details refer license.txt

2) License.txt ( you can get a copy of it from AutoHotkey folder )

my 2 cents

you can licence your script/collection/intellectual property and request whatever you want for.

you also might distribute the autohotkey installer, but you MUST NOT say that this ones is your intellectual property, since it is published and distributed under terms of GPL

as long as you state that autohotkey is GPL'd and everything is distributed as needed (the GPL'd software, its sources and of course the GPL licence itself) you'll have no probs, i think

in case you want to compile your app this might be interesting:
Taken from Forum's entry
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720





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derRaphael

Thanks fellows.

So i conceive 2 clear principles:
1. Never claim other's work as yours.
2. Always point to them.

I also want to say that we have to appreciate Chris clear position, since it respects absolutely our freedom as subsequent users of his work. Gee, i love real freeware!

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it ain't no freeware - its OPEN SOURCE

http://www.autohotkey.com states: AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows.

Freeware and open source are different things, DerRaphael is correct.

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