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What have I to pay for my app, that is written using .NET?

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Our company now have an pretty old project that requires upgrade to modern platform like .NET. It's freeware, but not open source. What Have I to Pay for using .NET except for Visual Studio ? Are there any payments for my product?
And what have I to pay, if I decide to sell my product?
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 6:33 PM
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- Proposed as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:21 PM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:18 PM
- Edited by Andrew B. Painter Friday, January 18, 2019 2:41 AM
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 6:53 PM -
The .NET framework is part of the OS, not subject to royalties as far as I can tell, anymore than dependency on dll's would be. But you could ask here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/.net
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
- Proposed as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:21 PM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:18 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 7:06 PM -
What Have I to Pay for using .NET
I'd agree, since .Net is a built-in component of the windows operating system you could choose the OS and read on here.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/useterms
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.- Proposed as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:32 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:18 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:20 PM
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Content Removed
- Proposed as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:21 PM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:18 PM
- Edited by Andrew B. Painter Friday, January 18, 2019 2:41 AM
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 6:53 PM -
The .NET framework is part of the OS, not subject to royalties as far as I can tell, anymore than dependency on dll's would be. But you could ask here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/.net
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
- Proposed as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:21 PM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:18 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 7:06 PM -
What Have I to Pay for using .NET
I'd agree, since .Net is a built-in component of the windows operating system you could choose the OS and read on here.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/useterms
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.- Proposed as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:32 AM
- Marked as answer by Richard MuellerMVP Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:18 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:20 PM -
Thank you for the reply, but I'm talking not about framework .NET as a independent technology. It's more about final developed product.
Let's imagine that company has developed desktop app(calendar, widget whatever) using Visual Studio. What I have to pay Microsoft, when I sell instance of my app?
- Edited by pryanik19 Wednesday, December 19, 2018 7:15 AM
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 7:08 AM -
I developed applications in Visual Studio that I sold to customers. Other than for Visual Studio, I paid no royalties to Microsoft.
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 7:19 AM -
Thank you! I suppose, you are independent developer, right?Wednesday, December 19, 2018 7:32 AM
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Yes, I was an independent developer for about 10 years.
Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 8:00 AM