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Re:VSCodium – Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code by Matumio on Monday September 04, 2023 @01:25PM (#37382689)
Pretty sure they use "open source" in a fair way here. Others are able to grab their sources and legally publish builds that are pretty much identical (up to the telemetry...).

What you're looking for is the "anti-features" distinctions, like the F-Droid store does it. E.g. "This app depends on other non-free apps." or "Promotes or depends entirely on a non-free network service."

Re:VSCodium – Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code by josephcsible on Monday September 04, 2023 @02:52PM (#37383639)
> builds that are pretty much identical

Not quite. Try running Pylance on a build of your own.

Re:VSCodium – Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS Code by jraph on Monday September 04, 2023 @05:04PM (#37385040)
Not to mention that you are supposed not to use the official vscode extension repository if you don't use the official vscode build IIRC.