Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++. The ...

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Microsoft has been described as the "bete noire" of open source software, but that's set to change under Satya Nadella as Redmond moves its MSBuild tool, part of Visual Studio, into the public domain.