Update windows license information #9562
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Co-authored-by: Jan Kotas <jkotas@microsoft.com>
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| [.NET Library License](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/dotnet_library_license.htm) | ||
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| * coreclr.dll and .NET runtimes included in binaries published as single-file (due to [extra telemetry](/~https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/src/coreclr/vm/dwreport.cpp) included by .NET runtime in Windows Error Reporting crash reports) |
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Why? The linked dwreport.cpp file seems to be MIT-licensed?
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The code itself is MIT. The resultant binary is licensed as .NET Library license because of data collection, per the comment. .NET app crashes on Windows generate memory dumps that get collected by Watson. Those dumps are used to fix bugs in .NET. Many Microsoft products are integrated with Watson. I don't know how many product fixes are made based on Watson information but it has to be a lot. .NET Framework is the same.
There is a clause in the .NET Library License about data collection. The .NET SDK is the other component that I'm aware of that relies on this clause. One can certainly imagine using MIT with software that has a data collection scenario. We decided not to do that.
I remember using Office when I was a kid and seeing the "Dr. Watson" dialog. Yes, Sherlock Holmes themed. Office was the originator of Watson.
Contributes to: dotnet/runtime#108905
We were given the guidance that the license we were using for
vcruntime140_cor3.dllwas wrong and that we could use ".NET Library License" instead for it.I also took the liberty to do some cleanup to make this document easier to read.
We can merge when @jkotas approves.