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Answered in the github repo itself: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why

by IvyMike 6y ago

solidasparagus 6y ago
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- deleted 6y ago
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- MaxLeiter 6y ago
  It does but not very clearly. Therefore, you generate a 'clean' build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license Microsoft customizations include their branding
  - solidasparagus 6y ago
    That doesn't answer 'why' at all.
    - stan_rogers 6y ago
      Yes, it does. The build cannot use the Microsoft branding.
      - solidasparagus 6y ago
        > This repository contains build files to generate free release binaries of Microsoft's VSCode. When we speak of "free software", we're talking about freedom, not price. > Microsoft's downloads of Visual Studio Code are licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contain telemetry/tracking. According to this comment from a Visual Studio Code maintainer: > When we [Microsoft] build Visual Studio Code, we do exactly this. We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.json that has Microsoft specific functionality (telemetry, gallery, logo, etc.), and then produce a build that we release under our license. > When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a "clean" build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license > This repo exists so that you don't have to download+build from source. The build scripts in this repo clone Microsoft's vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries to GitHub releases. These binaries are licensed under the MIT license. Telemetry is disabled. > If you want to build from source yourself, head over to Microsoft's vscode repo and follow their instructions. This repo exists to make it easier to get the latest version of MIT-licensed VSCode. > Microsoft's build process (which we are running to build the binaries) does download additional files. This was brought up in Microsoft/vscode#49159 and Microsoft/vscode#45978. These are the packages downloaded during build" That's the entire contents of the link. Which part of that do you think explains why they don't use Microsoft branding? > none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json Literally all it says is that by default it doesn't use Microsoft branding. It never says 'why'. At all.

Answered in the github repo itself: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why

solidasparagus 6y ago

This link does not answer the question.

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MaxLeiter 6y ago
It does but not very clearly. Therefore, you generate a 'clean' build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license Microsoft customizations include their branding
- solidasparagus 6y ago
  That doesn't answer 'why' at all.
  - stan_rogers 6y ago
    Yes, it does. The build cannot use the Microsoft branding.
    - solidasparagus 6y ago
      > This repository contains build files to generate free release binaries of Microsoft's VSCode. When we speak of "free software", we're talking about freedom, not price. > Microsoft's downloads of Visual Studio Code are licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contain telemetry/tracking. According to this comment from a Visual Studio Code maintainer: > When we [Microsoft] build Visual Studio Code, we do exactly this. We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.json that has Microsoft specific functionality (telemetry, gallery, logo, etc.), and then produce a build that we release under our license. > When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a "clean" build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license > This repo exists so that you don't have to download+build from source. The build scripts in this repo clone Microsoft's vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries to GitHub releases. These binaries are licensed under the MIT license. Telemetry is disabled. > If you want to build from source yourself, head over to Microsoft's vscode repo and follow their instructions. This repo exists to make it easier to get the latest version of MIT-licensed VSCode. > Microsoft's build process (which we are running to build the binaries) does download additional files. This was brought up in Microsoft/vscode#49159 and Microsoft/vscode#45978. These are the packages downloaded during build" That's the entire contents of the link. Which part of that do you think explains why they don't use Microsoft branding? > none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json Literally all it says is that by default it doesn't use Microsoft branding. It never says 'why'. At all.