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Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS... by gregors on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:44AM (#31608176)
I was under the impression that VSCode originally had pieces of the open source licensed Atom editor, as well as other bits here and there. I haven't confirmed this to be 100% true, but I've seen articles like this

https://thenextweb.com/news/microsofts-cross-platform-visual...

If there is open source licensed code within VSCode, then they actually do need to release the source code, both from a moral and legal standpoint.

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Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS... by debugnik on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:33PM (#31611279)
The so-called Atom pieces are Electron, hence the similar name; it started as a component named Atom Shell. Also:

> If there is open source licensed code within VSCode, then they actually do need to release the source code

Only if the license requires it (which it doesn't), unless you think all permissive open source code should be viral and proprietary projects consuming permissive licenses should open anyway.

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Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS... by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday June 03, 2022 @11:52AM (#31610016)
> If there is open source licensed code within VSCode, then they actually do need to release the source code, both from a moral and legal standpoint.

Atom appears to be MIT licensed, in which case they actually don't legally have to release anything.

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