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Does the binary version of VS code send telemetry by default? I mean, that's an implication. This goes back to the older GNU GPL vs BSD/MIT/Apache and how each

Does the binary version of VS code send telemetry by default? I mean, that's an implication. This goes back to the older GNU GPL vs BSD/MIT/Apache and how each group will call the other group permissive/restrictive. The spirit of free software from the 90s/00s, specifically that of the FSF/Linux communities, isn't really reflected anymore today. Today most open source projects are commercially supported. I wrote a longer article detailing this a while back: https://penguindreams.org/blog/the-philosophy-of-open-source-in-community-and-enterprise-software/ https://penguindreams.org/blog/the-philosophy-of-open-source...

throw12112away 8y ago
> Does the binary version of VS code send telemetry by default? I mean, that's an implication. Does it matter? There are binary versions of open source and Free Software programs that send telemetry as well. Open source only means that the source is available. Free Software only means that that the source must be provided to the user if you distribute a binary of the program. THAT'S IT. There are no other guarantees of privacy or freedoms from telemetry and data gathering. That's not what the licenses are about. People need to stop assuming that the licenses say something more than what they state.