[navbaker]

I've done most of my dev work on my physical Windows box using Docker Desktop, but have access to a robust cloud VM network where all my Unix work is done. The end result of a dev process is an image regardless of what tool you used, right? So how does Docker know if you've used Windows or Unix to write and test a given image? Is there metadata written into the image?

[matsemann]

They probably don't know. And it's fine to use docker desktop without paying as long as you're a small business or a private person. They can't automatically know if you're in violation or not.

They just assume people want to be in compliance. Same way I wouldn't misuse gpl code at my work.

[stjohnswarts]

I'm sure they just buy a list of $10million+ company ip reservations and let their lawyers go to town.