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Open source licenses require that certain notice, license, and attribution information be made available as a condition of releasing or distributing that code. To comply with these requirements, Microsoft requires that a Third Party Notice ("TPN") be included with software containing open source.
Recommended Third Party Notice File Template
[Include the following at the top of each Third Party Notice File.]
THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE NOTICES AND INFORMATION
Do Not Translate or Localize
This software incorporates material from third parties. Microsoft makes certain
open source code available at //3rdpartysource.microsoft.com, or you may
send a check or money order for US $5.00, including the product name, the open
source component name, and version number, to:
Source Code Compliance Team
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
USA
Notwithstanding any other terms, you may reverse engineer this software to the
extent required to debug changes to any libraries licensed under the GNU Lesser
General Public License.
[Repeat the following for each distributed component, including dependencies.]
Component. [Include the name of the component.]
Open Source License/Copyright Notice. [Include the text of each license found in that component’s source code, including copyright statements included in that license (e.g., Copyright © 2018 XYZ Corporation). The license is typically in a file called "LICENSE" or "COPYING."]
Additional Attribution (if any). [Usually found in a component’s "AUTHORS", "NOTICES", or "CONTRIBUTORS" (or some other similar variant) file.]
[When saving the file name it "ThirdPartyNotice"]
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