My understanding is that the software is not free, but that you have to pay license fees down the line, if your company is successful.
Is that not true?
Is that not true?
I have to use scare quotes because at that point it's a negotiation between you and Microsoft, and they have no obligation to grant you all those licenses, but they just might I suppose.
Free is not so rigorous a word it can only be applied to things which are free in perpetuity.