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I read about this fact elsewhere also. Could you expand on this a bit? My impression was that VSCode and its associated extensions are open source, so I'm curio
by laqq3 6y ago
I read about this fact elsewhere also. Could you expand on this a bit? My impression was that VSCode and its associated extensions are open source, so I'm curious how Microsoft could make certain parts exclusive to its own build of VSCode.
- toupeira 6y agoThe situation is similar to Google Chrome/Chromium: Most of it is open-source, but the release binaries contain some proprietary bits for telemetry, marketplace access, etc. A FOSS build is available at https://vscodium.com/ https://vscodium.com/
- bostonvaulter2 6y ago> I'm curious how Microsoft could make certain parts exclusive to its own build of VSCode. By packaging it as an extension that isn't licensed like the rest of VSCode. Also on a related note, if you're using an open source build of VSCode (such as VSCodium) then you cannot use marketplace.visualstudio.com/ https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#extensions-and-the-marketplace https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#extensions-and-the-mark...
- nnt38 6y agoYou absolutely CAN use marketplace.visualstudio.com, you just have to break ToS.
- cercatrova 6y agoBecause VSCode is under a permissive license (MIT) rather than a copyleft license (GPL), Microsoft can add any proprietary extensions it wants. "Permissive" licenses are only permissive for the creator and other developers (only sometimes), not for the end user.
- nl 6y agoSince MS is the author, they could put it under GPL and still do this. They own the copyright.
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- z3t4 6y agoIn order to contribute you have to sign away your rights, so it's only permissive to MS. It's a pervasive view on open source, cheered by sockpuppets, making people believe MS is now a open source company.