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Re:WiX Toolset: Introduce the Open Source Maintenance Fee by robmensching on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:10PM (#44678342)
The code is owned by the .NET Foundation (long story) not Microsoft.

> but doesn't that mean that I can compile the code myself to circumvent the Maintenance Fee, and give the binaries away for free?

Yep. Now you are responsible for the ~500K lines of code. Totally allowed by the license. Enjoy your fork! :)

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