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felixrieseberg / windows-build-tools

:package: Install C++ Build Tools for Windows using npm
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Not free for enterprise use #169

Closed Ristaaf closed 5 years ago

Ristaaf commented 5 years ago

The readme file should clarify that the build tools being installed here requires a valid license to Visual Studio. Since VS Community edition is fine, this means that the build tools are free for most people, but not for enterprise use!

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/08d62115-0b51-484f-afda-229989be9263/license-for-visual-c-2017-build-tools?forum=visualstudiogeneral

So it should say something like (from the link above) "In non-enterprise organizations, up to five users can use Visual Studio Community. In enterprise organizations (meaning those with >250 PCs or >$1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue), no use is permitted beyond the open source, academic research, and classroom learning environment scenarios described above."

jacobq commented 5 years ago

Yikes, I was unaware of that restriction (though thankfully unaffected personally). However, since it is upstream and subject to change, perhaps we should just update README.md to note the nature of the license for the Microsoft package(s) we install and link to their corresponding page (rather than trying to copy it & keep in up-to-date).