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.NET is under MIT license (https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/LICENSE) and there's also a p
by jongalloway2 10y ago
.NET is under MIT license (https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/LICENSE) and there's also a patent promise (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecifications/dn646766 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecifications/dn646766). There isn't an "enterprise .NET" version for sale. There are enterprise versions of Visual Studio, servers, etc., but nothing you could feasibly be "accidentally" using, and nothing that you have to use to do .NET dev.
What specific risk(s) are you thinking about?
Disclaimer: Microsoft employee, Nazgûl
- Gibbon1 10y agoCould change but I think Bill Gates originally tried making money selling a version of BASIC. Never made much money[1]. Since then Microsoft doesn't try to make money on dev tools. The dev tool business is there to support Microsoft's internal needs and to promote the Windows Platform. [1] Bunch of companies tried selling compilers with 'drink your milk shake' licensing terms in the 80's. Developer resistance, Microsoft and Borland killed them off.