Re:Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform
by bayindirh on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:52AM
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> VSCode is free software...
As in beer only [0]. This license [1] states otherwise for free as in speech perspective.
> and also used a lot outside .NET development (TypeScript). It is extension based, and not all extensions every written for it are free software.
I know, and some of the non-free extensions are just the essentials, so they're what make VSCode, VSCode. So it's open-core, and it's not completely open source, and definitely not free.
> And VSCode is not essential in any way for .NET development,
I don't develop C#, but I know there are other tools and IDEs.
> I don't buy into this "All tools associated with an ecosystem must be free software". That is not even true in Java/C++/Python land, where there is a plentheora of commercial and succesful developer tools (i.e. IntelliJ, CodeWarrior etc.)
It may not be a necessity for you, and it's definitely not a necessity for closed source software or tools. However, I license all my code with GPLv3, and want my project to be buildable by anyone, regardless of anything. So I prefer a free and open toolchain (GCC/Eclipse/GNU libc) and libraries in my codebases.
If I was writing a commercial application, I may make different choices IDE/Library wise, but I'll still continue to use GCC family.
You don't have to buy into this. I'm not selling anything. This is my stance and a recommendation, but not an insistence.
As in beer only [0]. This license [1] states otherwise for free as in speech perspective.
> and also used a lot outside .NET development (TypeScript). It is extension based, and not all extensions every written for it are free software.
I know, and some of the non-free extensions are just the essentials, so they're what make VSCode, VSCode. So it's open-core, and it's not completely open source, and definitely not free.
> And VSCode is not essential in any way for .NET development,
I don't develop C#, but I know there are other tools and IDEs.
> I don't buy into this "All tools associated with an ecosystem must be free software". That is not even true in Java/C++/Python land, where there is a plentheora of commercial and succesful developer tools (i.e. IntelliJ, CodeWarrior etc.)
It may not be a necessity for you, and it's definitely not a necessity for closed source software or tools. However, I license all my code with GPLv3, and want my project to be buildable by anyone, regardless of anything. So I prefer a free and open toolchain (GCC/Eclipse/GNU libc) and libraries in my codebases.
If I was writing a commercial application, I may make different choices IDE/Library wise, but I'll still continue to use GCC family.
You don't have to buy into this. I'm not selling anything. This is my stance and a recommendation, but not an insistence.
[0]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_is-vs-cod...
[1]: https://code.visualstudio.com/license