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VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
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Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#32I appreciate this effort and am not suggesting it's not necessary. Just curious: are there any known ill-desired effects of the MS binaries? My understanding is that it's just branding and telemetry that can be turned off.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#33I don't see the beneficial element to this project. Visual Studio Code is opensource, free of charge and used by millions at this point, why would anyone want another license just because of the license alone?
The source license and binary distribution license are different. The source code is MIT licensed; nothing wrong with that. Great license for this. The binaries are provided with a different license that also covers components from third parties that may not be in the vs code repo as well as telemetry and other data gathered. If for whatever reason you don't like this license, you can build from source. This project…
Looking around, this repo is just a few ~10 line shell scripts. Very simple, and it isn't a fork of vscode. It clones the Microsoft repo directly and builds it from that.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#34I appreciate this effort and am not suggesting it's not necessary. Just curious: are there any known ill-desired effects of the MS binaries? My understanding is that it's just branding and telemetry that can be turned off.
They can't be distributed in distro package managers which usually require everything to be foss.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#35I don't see the beneficial element to this project. Visual Studio Code is opensource, free of charge and used by millions at this point, why would anyone want another license just because of the license alone?
The VSCode binary release is not open source and not redistributable but rather "source available", and "free of charge" doesn't confer "freedom to tinker". VSCode does have costs associated with it's use, specifically its users' privacy, which they give up by agreeing to Microsoft's data collection terms. You may not value your freedom to tinker or your right to privacy, but the people who run and use this project do.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#36H̶m̶m̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶f̶l̶y̶ ̶:̶)̶ ̶ I̶'̶m̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶p̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶i̶c̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶o̶f̶t̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶e̶r̶m̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶w̶i̶s̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶.̶ ̶ ̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶c̶o̶d̶e̶.̶v̶i̶s̶u̶a̶l̶s̶t̶u̶d̶i̶o̶.̶c̶o̶m̶/̶l̶i̶c̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ ̶ ̶"̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶r̶e̶,̶ ̶p̶u̶b̶l̶i̶s̶h̶,̶ ̶r…
The problem is they’ve taken a commit that was obviously made in error, and used that to justify the IP contained within that commit being MIT licensed. Sure, this might be legally sound. But it’s certainly scummy. Especially when you consider it’s acting against the wishes of the team that has been working hard over the past years to make a product loved by so many.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#37I appreciate this effort and am not suggesting it's not necessary. Just curious: are there any known ill-desired effects of the MS binaries? My understanding is that it's just branding and telemetry that can be turned off.
The MS binaries are licensed in such a way that you're not allowed to redistribute them, if I'm interpreting https://code.visualstudio.com/license correctly. There are some other legal restrictions. So those binaries are technically not FOSS, which means a lot of people won't use them out of principle, and it may even be a bad idea to mirror them.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#38H̶m̶m̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶f̶l̶y̶ ̶:̶)̶ ̶ I̶'̶m̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶p̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶i̶c̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶o̶f̶t̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶e̶r̶m̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶w̶i̶s̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶.̶ ̶ ̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶c̶o̶d̶e̶.̶v̶i̶s̶u̶a̶l̶s̶t̶u̶d̶i̶o̶.̶c̶o̶m̶/̶l̶i̶c̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ ̶ ̶"̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶r̶e̶,̶ ̶p̶u̶b̶l̶i̶s̶h̶,̶ ̶r…
The problem is they’ve taken a commit that was obviously made in error, and used that to justify the IP contained within that commit being MIT licensed. Sure, this might be legally sound. But it’s certainly scummy. Especially when you consider it’s acting against the wishes of the team that has been working hard over the past years to make a product loved by so many.
Why assume the commit was made in error? It looks like there has been some discussion and it was done completely on purpose.
You cannot compile the binary from arbitrary commits by yourself and release copies of the compiled work as "Microsoft's VS Code" – that's understandable, unless you work for the VS Code team, why should you be able to do that? There are trademarks. But the source code is MIT licensed and I think you are mistaken about whether that is in dispute or not.
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-2...
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem is they’ve taken a commit that was obviously made in error, and used that to justify the IP contained within that commit being MIT licensed. Sure, this might be legally sound. But it’s certainly scummy. Especially when you consider it’s acting against the wishes of the team that has been working hard over the past years to make a product loved by so many.
Why assume the commit was made in error? It looks like there has been some discussion and it was done completely on purpose. You cannot compile the binary from arbitrary commits by yourself and release copies of the compiled work as "Microsoft's VS Code" – that's understandable, unless you work for the VS Code team, why should you be able to do that? There are trademarks. But the source code is MIT licensed and I thi…
Mate that discussion was a year prior to the commit in reference. How can you think it backs up your point?
And I assume the commit was made in error because it was immediately reverted and is no longer present in the source.
And I do not question the legality, my only assertstion was of the ethicality of taking someone’s mistake and using it to subvert their wishes.
Re: VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me, it's more about telemetry than licensing.
Doesn't it suffice to set the following in your User Settings? "telemetry.enableTelemetry": false Honestly I'm very happy to give telemetry data. Microsoft is doing so much to improve the experience, they can make it better with some data.
If you want to send as little data as possible to Microsoft there are other settings to consider:
"telemetry.enableCrashReporter": false,
"code-runner.enableAppInsights": false,
"update.channel": "none",
"extensions.autoUpdate": false,
"extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true,
"workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false