Vendor Binaries

This folder contains pre-compiled binaries from a variety of sources. These should be updated periodically.

This is a .NET SDK 6.0.100 binary.
It's purpose is to allow us to re-pack the Update.exe single file bundle with a new exe icon.
Can be found in the dotnet SDK at "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\6.0.100\Microsoft.NET.HostModel.dll".
MIT License: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/LICENSE.TXT

This is the native exe that has the .net native runtime linked in.
It is also used for re-packing the Update.exe binary.
Can be found in the dotnet SDK at "C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x86\6.0.0\runtimes\win-x86\native\singlefilehost.exe".
Can also be downloaded from NuGet, from here https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x86/6.0.0
MIT License: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/LICENSE.TXT

Used with the pack command to bundle an application directory into a nuget package, which is then used to create Squirrel releases
Can be found at https://www.nuget.org/downloads
Apache 2.0 License: https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/blob/dev/LICENSE.txt

Updates PE resources, like VersionInfo or icons. It is used when generating Setup.exe and Update.exe to apply the user preferences.
Can be found at https://github.com/electron/rcedit/releases
MIT License: https://github.com/electron/rcedit/blob/master/LICENSE

Signs application binaries while building Squirrel packages.
Can be found in the Windows SDK at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x86\signtool.exe" or similar, depending on the version of the SDK you have installed.
License? https://github.com/dotnet/docs/issues/10478

Incldued because it is much faster at zipping / unzipping than the available managed algorithms.
Can be found at https://www.7-zip.org/
License is LGPL & BSD 3: https://www.7-zip.org/license.txt