Graig,

>>I'd like to hear that from seagate directly. The MSM files are provided through a third party which only says that you can use them in installshield express. No mention of any limitation because of licences. Second, I've asked seagate to explain their policy with regards to this MSM. Until date, no answer, nothing on the seagate site, Nothing in the EULA of the professional edition about this one. So I can't see any issues that should stop me from legally using the MSM to distribute my reports. However, I'll make one more attempt to contact seagate.

>I've discussed distribution issues with Crystal Decisions. What I've told you is pretty much what they told me.

I don't know what you've asked them. "But I did not ask can I distribute runtime files when I have a professional licences". If I did, I know I would have gotten the answer "NO". The exact mail I wrote is the following:

What is the status about licensing when using the Crystal objects
Merge files available from www.installshield.com ? Can I legally make distributions using these merge files ?

I'm curious what they're going to answer specifically. If they're going to say that you need a developers license, I'd inmediately ask why this is not mentioned anywhere on the very same site or in the download itself.

I'd suspect they know there is a hole in their licensing policy, or at least the licence info is missing, but want to keep it silent. I've send a second E-mail and am waiting for any reply.

Walter,