Is Microsoft Store Really Banning Paid FOSS Apps?

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Microsoft made a move that get a lot of people angry, recently they updated the TOS for the Microsoft Windows Store with a really controversial that made it look like they were banning free and open source software from making money on the Windows Store.

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Windows Store TOS Change History: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/store-policies-change-history
Windows Store TOS 7.16: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/store-policies
Software Conservancy Article: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jul/07/microsoft-bans-commerical-open-source-in-app-store/
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