FluentAssertions license has changed, now a paid product

Not sure if this is a feature request or bug…

FluentAssertions should be remove and changed to GitHub - shouldly/shouldly: Should testing for .NET—the way assertions should be! or similar.

See the FluentAssertions fluentassertions/fluentassertions#2943 and new license fluentassertions/LICENSE.md at main · fluentassertions/fluentassertions · GitHub, snip:

DEFINITION OF NON-COMMERCIAL USE

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.

The Software is used for developing or testing personal, or experimental projects.

The Software is not being used by or for an organisation, group of persons, legal entity, or company, that charges fees or earns revenues with or without the intention to make profit.

The resulting work created or tested using the Software is not sold, leased, or sublicensed.

Any use outside of these parameters requires a paid Commercial License from Xceed.

I’m no lawyer but it very much seems that almost everybody is liable and would need to buy licenses from Xceed…

(´•︵•`)

I will just pin it to 7.0 for now, because the license change starts with 8.0 and has no impact on existing versions.

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