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Then people should stop caring about open source, care about free software instead, and do not forget that it is free-as-in-freedom, so they should still pay fo

Then people should stop caring about open source, care about free software instead, and do not forget that it is free-as-in-freedom, so they should still pay for their tools. Otherwise keep hoping that your corporate or VC funded SaaS "disruptor" master will continue to be nice to you

mort96 2y ago
But VS Code is not even open source, so even people who only care about open source should be worried about using VS Code.
- concerndc1tizen 2y ago
  I feel like comments lately have become full of false statements. VSCode is MIT licensed. But the extensions aren't, which locks you into the Microsoft distribution of VSCode. And that's how they turned an open source product into a monopoly-enhancing tool.
  - mort96 2y ago
    I agree, lots of false statements here. "Code - OSS" is open source, and released under the MIT license. Visual Studio Code is built by combining "Code - OSS" with proprietary code, and is released under the following non-open-source license: https://code.visualstudio.com/license https://code.visualstudio.com/license From their github repo: Visual Studio Code is a distribution of the Code - OSS repository with Microsoft-specific customizations released under a traditional Microsoft product license. "Visual Studio Code" is to "Code - OSS" what Google Chrome is to Chromium. Microsoft has just been successful at tricking people into thinking that Visual Studio Code is itself open source through misleading marketing on their website and things like naming the github repository for "microsoft/vscode".
    - concerndc1tizen 2y ago
      Thanks for the clarification!
  - flufluflufluffy 2y ago
    Bruh, you can write your own extension, or use an extension created by another individual or company which is open source. They’re simply enforcing the policy that their extension can only be used with their VScode.

mort96 2y ago

But VS Code is not even open source, so even people who only care about open source should be worried about using VS Code.

concerndc1tizen 2y ago
I feel like comments lately have become full of false statements. VSCode is MIT licensed. But the extensions aren't, which locks you into the Microsoft distribution of VSCode. And that's how they turned an open source product into a monopoly-enhancing tool.
- mort96 2y ago
  I agree, lots of false statements here. "Code - OSS" is open source, and released under the MIT license. Visual Studio Code is built by combining "Code - OSS" with proprietary code, and is released under the following non-open-source license: https://code.visualstudio.com/license https://code.visualstudio.com/license From their github repo: Visual Studio Code is a distribution of the Code - OSS repository with Microsoft-specific customizations released under a traditional Microsoft product license. "Visual Studio Code" is to "Code - OSS" what Google Chrome is to Chromium. Microsoft has just been successful at tricking people into thinking that Visual Studio Code is itself open source through misleading marketing on their website and things like naming the github repository for "microsoft/vscode".
  - concerndc1tizen 2y ago
    Thanks for the clarification!
- flufluflufluffy 2y ago
  Bruh, you can write your own extension, or use an extension created by another individual or company which is open source. They’re simply enforcing the policy that their extension can only be used with their VScode.