FluentAssertions and the new license

[GeorgeLeithead]

We all know that the .net MAUI Community Toolkit (MCT) is an open-source project. As such we are generally good when it comes to licensing. However, with the changes to FluentAssertions V8 and it requiring developer licenses (MCT community developers should be good), should we look to reduce the project dependency on external libraries and look to remove FluentAssertions?

See Clarification in rights and responsibilities under new license for a discussion on the new licensing.

I did a VERY quick and dirty check in the CommunityToolkit.Maui.UniTests project, and there are about 35 tests that would need to be adjusted). I would also be happy to take a go at removing FluentAssertions from the project and updating any/all tests.

As said, we are open-source, so should be good with the license, but....What are the community's thoughts on this?

[TheCodeTraveler]

Yes, FluentAssertions has updated their license: https://github.com/fluentassertions/fluentassertions?tab=License-1-ov-file#License-1-ov-file

I confirmed we are not affected by the updated license because FluentAssertions is still free for non-commercial community use:

This Community License Agreement (the "Agreement") is a legal agreement between you ("Licensee") and Xceed Software Inc. ("Xceed"), whereby Licensee wishes to use Fluent Assertions (the "Software"), an Xceed product, for Non-Commercial Use purposes

For the purposes of this Agreement, Non-Commercial Use refers to any use of the Software where the primary objective is not to gain commercial advantage or monetary compensation or any other type of compensation or consideration. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

The Software is used in developing or testing open-source software or open-source projects.

[GeorgeLeithead]

I was sure that we would be OK in terms of licenses, but it was more of a starter to a discussion of "should we look to reduce the project dependency on external libraries and look to remove FluentAssertions?", and getting the community to voice their opinions.