I'm creating an application in the .NET framework(in the language of C# to be precise). I want to publish it to the internet as soon as i finished. My application uses the .NET framework 3.5. So, is it legally allowed to distribute an application(in a .zip form) with the .NET framework(inside the zip file) to run the application?(in my case .NET 3.5).
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2I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because SO users can not and should not give _reliable legal_ advices with all their consequences and implications for different countries/jurisdictions and copyright laws.Note that the answers you get here won't help you if you get sued. – René Vogt Aug 07 '17 at 13:48
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1https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xak0tsbd(v=vs.90).aspx – Karel Tamayo Aug 07 '17 at 13:48
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Microsoft will pay you for redistributing it – T.S. Aug 07 '17 at 15:20
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about licensing and legal issues instead of directly about programming. **[See here](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/274963/1402846)** for details and the **[help]** for more. – Pang Aug 08 '17 at 05:08
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Your question isn't clear - when you say "with the .NET framework(inside the zip file)" I'm assuming you mean the Redistributable Package, rather than the actual zipped-up framework itself.
If so, see Redistributing the .NET Framework [3.5]:
The Microsoft Software License Terms for the .NET Framework give you specific rights to redistribute the .NET Framework. You can manually launch and install the .NET Framework on a computer, install it across a network using an electronic software distribution tool, or launch and install it as part of the setup program for a .NET Framework application.
The rest of the page has more details.
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