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Microsoft has banned third-party developers from commercial use of Open Source solutions in the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft has banned third-party developers from commercial use of Open Source solutions in the Microsoft Store.
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And under the new terms of use of the app store, free applications based on open source software with the possibility of voluntary donations to developers to continue their development are also subject to the restriction.

Microsoft explained that this is done for the sake of users in order to limit the irrationally high prices of actually free solutions or programs that are available elsewhere for free.