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Make license of binaries more clear #2955

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n00j opened this issue Jun 27, 2019 · 9 comments
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Make license of binaries more clear #2955

n00j opened this issue Jun 27, 2019 · 9 comments
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n00j commented Jun 27, 2019

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Make license of binaries more clear

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For binary files list on the official download page: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.1
Its not clear what the license is for each download. Since these are a combination of multiple repositories its not easy to deduce what the actually license is for each file / Operating system.
In https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/project-docs/copyright.md it states

.NET Core distributions are licensed with a variety of licenses, dependent on the content. By default, the MIT license is used, the exact same as the source license, with the same copyright holder. There are some cases where that isn't possible because a given component includes a proprietary Microsoft binary. This is typically only the case for Windows distributions.

but doesn't really give any concrete links to which files have which licenses.

Would it be possible to update the download page https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.1 and indicate the license for each of the files?

As of right now, the only indication of the license is the generic "Terms of Use" link at the bottom of the page:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/copyright/default.aspx which basically contradicts the opensource licenses

Personal and Non-Commercial Use Limitation
Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services

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omajid commented Jun 27, 2019

AFAIK, the download archives (at least the tar.gz versions) themselves include LICENSE and possibly THIRD-PARTY-NOTICE files to clarify the license of that download. The license is (or was, at least) different for different downloads.

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omajid commented Jun 27, 2019

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karelz commented Jul 10, 2019

@richlander @terrajobst who is the best person to address this concern?

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I'll take a look

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@terrajobst any updates?

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Not sure, I'll ask.

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carlossanlop commented Sep 2, 2020

Ping @terrajobst @richlander

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mairaw commented Aug 11, 2021

@terrajobst @richlander any updates here?

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This advice from Omair continue to be very good: #2955 (comment).

I also added this file to help. https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/license-information-windows.md.

Closing this issue, since I believe this is a satisfactory answer.

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