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microsoft / ClearScript

A library for adding scripting to .NET applications. Supports V8 (Windows, Linux, macOS) and JScript/VBScript (Windows).
https://microsoft.github.io/ClearScript/
MIT License
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License ambiguity between git repo and NuGet #587

Closed martinknafvework closed 4 months ago

martinknafvework commented 4 months ago

I have a question about which licenses applies to this library.

On https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.ClearScript.Core/7.4.5/License, it lists a large number of licenses, such as:

In the License.txt in this git repo, only MIT is included.

My interpretation of this is that the code in this git repository is covered by MIT, but if I use ClearScript with Google V8 (via the Microsoft.ClearScript.Core NuGet package), then a number of other licenses are also applicable since I would need to include Google V8 in my application (which have a longer list of licenses). Is that interpretation correct?

ClearScriptLib commented 4 months ago

Hello, @martinknafvework,

Is that interpretation correct?

Yes. The V8 build pulls in a variety of libraries covered by a number of licenses, some of which require that the license text be included with any binary distribution.

The ClearScript code itself is covered by the MIT license.

Good luck!

martinknafvework commented 4 months ago

Thank you :)