License information for .NET on Windows

The Windows distribution of .NET contains files that are provided under multiple licenses. This information is provided to help you understand the license terms that apply to your use. By using .NET on Windows, you agree to the following license terms.

This document is provided for informative purposes only, and is not itself a license.

The following binaries are licensed with the .NET Library License

coreclr.dll and .NET runtimes included in binaries published as single-file (due to extra telemetry included by .NET runtime in Windows Error Reporting crash reports)
Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.{x86|amd64|arm|arm64}.dll (used by .NET runtime and SDK)
PresentationNative_cor3.dll (used by WPF)
vcruntime140_cor3.dll (used by WPF)
wpfgfx_cor3.dll (used by WPF)

Note: vcruntime140_cor3.dll is the same binary as vcruntime140.dll, which is included in Visual Studio, relicensed under .NET Library License by Microsoft.

The following binaries are licensed with the Windows SDK License:

D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll (used by WPF)

All other binaries and files are licensed with the MIT license.

See license information for information about other operating systems.

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