Is a license needed for Visual Studio Build Tools in order to install Node.JS for Visual Studio Code?

I am interested in incorporating Node.js into Visual Studio code. During the setup process, I received a request to install Python 2, Visual Studio Build Tools, and Chocolatey so that certain npm modules could be compiled from C/C++.

My goal is to maintain Visual Studio Code as a free option for producing commercial code (not that I envision this happening in the foreseeable future), and am wondering whether I would need a paid license from Microsoft to install Visual Studio Build Tools.

Thank you!

Image as part of setup process

As of August 2022, Microsoft now allows the Visual Studio Build Tools to be used for compiling C and C++ open source projects without requiring a license, even for commercial/enterprise users:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/updates-to-visual-studio-build-tools-license-for-c-and-cpp-open-source-projects/

So in summary: a license is no longer required to install NodeJS or other C/C++ based Open Source dependencies at the time of writing this post.