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Also see the "You may not" section. --[[User:Valerio.bozzolan|Valerio Bozzolan]] ([[User talk:Valerio.bozzolan|talk]]) 05:24, 9 June 2017 (EDT) | Also see the "You may not" section. --[[User:Valerio.bozzolan|Valerio Bozzolan]] ([[User talk:Valerio.bozzolan|talk]]) 05:24, 9 June 2017 (EDT) | ||
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| + | The official binaries are not licensed under the same license as the source code is. See [https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005 here] a comment from a VSCode maintainer that describes the process of how the binaries listed on Microsoft's official website are modified before compilation. | ||
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| + | [https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/ VSCodium], however, is free and binaries are licensed under the same license as the source code. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:14, 7 April 2019
Is Visual Studio Code free software?
It seems that the source code is under MIT... but the binary form is freeware:
This agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights. - https://code.visualstudio.com/license
Also see the "You may not" section. --Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 05:24, 9 June 2017 (EDT)
I don't believe Visual Studio Code to be free software
The official binaries are not licensed under the same license as the source code is. See here a comment from a VSCode maintainer that describes the process of how the binaries listed on Microsoft's official website are modified before compilation.
VSCodium, however, is free and binaries are licensed under the same license as the source code.
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