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Do you have to pay for NuGet packages?
1 Answer. A NuGet package available on nuget.org can have any license. There is no restriction on whether the NuGet package is free, open source or commercially licensed. You should review the license that each NuGet package has.
Is NuGet like NPM?
Developers describe npm as “The package manager for JavaScript”. npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. On the other hand, NuGet is detailed as “The package manager for . NET”.
Are NuGet packages safe?
NuGet doesn’t manage trust. Even if it did, you would still have to be concerned about trusting what NuGet trusts. You should absolutely be concerned about the safety of the code in a NuGet package. You should be concerned about the safety of any code you are not familiar with.
Do all packages in NuGet have free licence to use?
A NuGet package available on nuget.org can have any license. There is no restriction on whether the NuGet package is free, open source or commercially licensed. You should review the license that each NuGet package has.
Do you have to make GPL source available?
(b) If you do distribute YOUR APPLICATION, and you used something GPL as part of your application (even if only linking at run-time to a library) – and even if you do not charge money – and even if you do not change that GPL s/w in any way – then you MUST make the source of YOUR APPLICATION available. Making source available does not mean download.
When does your software need to be covered by the GPL?
If you release/distribute software containing GPL’d components (such as statically linked libraries), your software must be covered by the GPL. (This is the impression given for version 2; version 3 may be different.)
Can a GPL library be distributed for commercial use?
You can distribute your application using a GPL library commercially, but you must also provide the source code. GPL v3 tries to close some loopholes in GPL v2.