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README: anaconda license violation / no longer recommend anaconda since it's no longer free to use (#150619)

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hello,

I was going over the documentation to build pytorch from source.
Unfortunately, the first thing that come up is that you strongly recommend to use anaconda, which shouldn't be used because it's no longer free to use.
Could you please remove that from the doc?

I don't know if you are aware but anaconda is no longer free.
They changed their terms of service in 2020 to restrict commercial usage.
They changed their terms of service in 2024 to forbid downloading anaconda and forbid education and non-profit usage too.
The download is open and doesn't require any registration, but if you download anaconda they will sue you ^^

They started raining lawsuits against users since last year. You may have heard about anaconda vs intel in the news. They started another 5 or so in the last few months.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/intel-sued-copyright-infringement-over-ai-software-2024-08-09/

You may need to adjust more doc and adjust your build system. The free to use alternatives are miniforge with the conda-forge channel.

Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/150619
Approved by: https://github.com/seemethere
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@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ Professional, or Community Editions. You can also install the build tools from
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/. The build tools *do not*
come with Visual Studio Code by default.
\* We highly recommend installing an [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/download) environment. You will get a high-quality BLAS library (MKL) and you get controlled dependency versions regardless of your Linux distro.
An example of environment setup is shown below:
* Linux: