Hope we have license clarity by then! Current Evergreen License Now, the light at the end of the tunnel is apparently planned for April 13th, 2021 - when WebView2 gets shipped to all Windows devices. This means that right now, there is no viable webview for windows on any venue on this planet. Why should you care? Well, because yesterday EdgeHTML (aka Edge Desktop Legacy) was retired. As of this moment, 8am CET, March 10th, 2021 - Section 4 paragraph D of the Evergreen license still has not been altered, which legally (and literally) prevents anyone from doing anything with WebView2. I hate to say this, but now we are now REALLY in a pickle. Pinging in case he wants to weigh in here.Įdit: Here is how you can determine what ffmpeg is used in (an admittedly out of date) Electron. Furthermore, explicitly mention FFMPEG compilation flags used for Chromium, or provide a reference. Solution: Since WebView redistributes Chromium, all Chromium open-source licenses (and any others like widevine) should be exposed in this license agreement. There is no statement of lgpl compliance in accordance with ffmpeg's terms, and some organisations (like the Eclipse Foundation) will need this verification. Otherwise drop it.Īnd the real elephant in the room is ffmpeg licensing: super-awesome-webview and selling it, then this clause needs clarification. Solution: If you mean that the licensing scheme should prevent people from repackaging webview2 as e.g.
So who is webview2 even for? Hobby projects? This clause seems to preempt any usage whatsoever. More rights despite this limitation, you will not (and have no right to):ĭ) use the software for commercial, non-profit, or revenue-generating activities Regarding updates, WebView2 Runtime uses its own automatic update process, separate from the update channel used by Microsoft 365 Apps, to keep WebView2 up to date with the latest security and reliability updates. On earlier versions of Windows, it is automatically installed for users with modern versions of Microsoft Office for the specific purpose of running Office applications and the components built into the applications, built on top of web frameworks.įor PC users looking to take advantage of new or improved Office features or add-ins that depend on WebView2, they do not require any user input/action as soon as WebView2 is available on the device, the component will be installed automatically. In Windows 11, the component is installed on the system by default. WebView2 uses Microsoft Edge as the rendering engine.
Microsoft Edge WebView2 is a runtime installation used to provide web-based features in Microsoft 365 desktop apps that Microsoft began installing on Windows devices earlier this year.
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