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Sorry, I should have been more specific and said FOSS. VSCode is still encumbered by the weight of a mega corp. It's like saying Chrome is open source. Sure it

Sorry, I should have been more specific and said FOSS. VSCode is still encumbered by the weight of a mega corp. It's like saying Chrome is open source. Sure it is, but it still exists to serve the corporation that owns it.

TiredOfLife 2y ago
It's MIT licensed. So it's more FOSS than FOSS
- correct-horse 2y ago
  It's free software in letter, but not in spirit. True free software doesn't lock out non-official builds for zero technical reasons.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    what about vscodium? for that reason, what was iceweasel?
    - nicce 2y ago
      There is some sort of vendor lock-in VSCode. It at least used to be extremely difficult to make GitHub Copilot to work with codium. There is something closed source in VSCode that makes the difference. It was so difficult to maintain, that I ended up switching to VSCode. So the ”lock-in” worked.
    - janice1999 2y ago
      vscodium and VSCode forks are legally prevented from using the normal VSCode extension site. They have their own: https://open-vsx.org/ https://open-vsx.org/ As far as I know Chrome forks are not blocked from using extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
      - n_plus_1_acc 2y ago
        *according to microsoft
  - bigstrat2003 2y ago
    The software is free, the extension site is not. I agree that's a shitty practice by MS, but it doesn't somehow make VSCode not free software.
- o11c 2y ago
  It isn't 1860 anymore, "the freedom to take freedom away" no longer counts.
  - novagameco 2y ago
    In what way is VSCode comparable to enslaving human beings?
    - shrimp_emoji 2y ago
      It uses indentured neural networks to write code for you. You're a neural network! You just have rights because you ain't digital (and way larger and possibly using quantum effects). Smh
    - tristan957 2y ago
      Having the freedom to take away freedom does not make a society more free. MIT takes freedom away from end users at the expense of the developer's freedom.
      - novagameco 2y ago
        In a way that is comparable to enslaving human beings?
        tristan957 2y ago
        When you enslave a human being, you take away someone's freedom. I'm not sure how to more clearly express this.
        LeFantome 2y ago
        You mean when you force developers to adhere to your desires and force them to labour for free? Is that what you mean?
        2y ago
- pxc 2y ago
  It's not F/OSS at all. It's proprietary software with some open-source components, which together comprise VSCodium.

TiredOfLife 2y ago

It's MIT licensed. So it's more FOSS than FOSS

correct-horse 2y ago
It's free software in letter, but not in spirit. True free software doesn't lock out non-official builds for zero technical reasons.
- fragmede 2y ago
  what about vscodium? for that reason, what was iceweasel?
  - nicce 2y ago
    There is some sort of vendor lock-in VSCode. It at least used to be extremely difficult to make GitHub Copilot to work with codium. There is something closed source in VSCode that makes the difference. It was so difficult to maintain, that I ended up switching to VSCode. So the ”lock-in” worked.
  - janice1999 2y ago
    vscodium and VSCode forks are legally prevented from using the normal VSCode extension site. They have their own: https://open-vsx.org/ https://open-vsx.org/ As far as I know Chrome forks are not blocked from using extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
    - n_plus_1_acc 2y ago
      *according to microsoft
- bigstrat2003 2y ago
  The software is free, the extension site is not. I agree that's a shitty practice by MS, but it doesn't somehow make VSCode not free software.
o11c 2y ago
It isn't 1860 anymore, "the freedom to take freedom away" no longer counts.
- novagameco 2y ago
  In what way is VSCode comparable to enslaving human beings?
  - shrimp_emoji 2y ago
    It uses indentured neural networks to write code for you. You're a neural network! You just have rights because you ain't digital (and way larger and possibly using quantum effects). Smh
  - tristan957 2y ago
    Having the freedom to take away freedom does not make a society more free. MIT takes freedom away from end users at the expense of the developer's freedom.
    - novagameco 2y ago
      In a way that is comparable to enslaving human beings?
      - tristan957 2y ago
        When you enslave a human being, you take away someone's freedom. I'm not sure how to more clearly express this.
        LeFantome 2y ago
        You mean when you force developers to adhere to your desires and force them to labour for free? Is that what you mean?
        2y ago
pxc 2y ago
It's not F/OSS at all. It's proprietary software with some open-source components, which together comprise VSCodium.