I'm trying to sign up to redistribute SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 but I cannot seem to find the page to register for redistribution. I found this link http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/compact/redistribute.mspx that someone posted but that just directs me to the homepage. If I go to the 4.0 download page there is a link for the SQL Server Compact redistribution site, but this just goes back to the same homepage. I had to use the 4.0 page because I cannot seem to find the 3.5 page and any links like this one : www.microsoft.com/Sqlserver/2005/en/us/compact.aspx just go back to that same homepage.
Does anyone have a working link to where I can register? Do I even have to register? I found the SQL Server Compact 2005 Datasheet and in it says:
SQL Server Compact Edition is free to download, develop, and deploy applications. SQL Server Compact Edition is also free for third parties to redistribute.
With a footnote that says:
A simple redistribution agreement must be signed online.
But if I go to the 4.0 download page it says:
SQL Server Compact 4.0 is freely redistributable under a redistribution license agreement and application developers redistributing SQL Server Compact 4.0 can optionally register at the SQL Server Compact redistribution site. Registering will help the developers in getting information about SQL Server Compact critical security patches and hot fixes that can be further applied to the client installations.
Did the terms change between 3.5 and 4.0? Every site I find implies you need to register to redistribute.
It looks like the terms changed... But they are the same now, if you look at the download pages: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5783 and http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17876