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PowerShell Version Number in LICENSE.txt #9801

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Steps to reproduce

The PowerShell installation MSI provides a link to the project's MIT licence (see #8846).

I have tested the MSI for 6.2.1 and 7.0.0 preview 1 on Windows 10 (1809) x64, both of which link here.

Expected behavior

The PowerShell version number in the licence should better reflect the version of PowerShell that the user is installing.

Actual behavior

The version in the licence is 6.0 irrespective of the version being installed by the user, see the first line of the licence file:

PowerShell 6.0

Possible solutions

  • Change the version number in the licence file to something like PowerShell 6.0 + in order to accommodate 6.0 and later releases.
  • Remove the version number from the licence file.
  • Show only the major part of the version number, EG: PowerShell 6 and 7
  • Change the way in which the licence is displayed to reflect the specific version being installed by the user.

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