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== | '''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code|Visual Studio Code]]''' is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers. | ||
==Consumer impact summary== | |||
{{Ph-C-CIS}} | |||
====Freedom==== | |||
The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License. | The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License. | ||
However, the binaries published by Microsoft are proprietary under the "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications. | However, the binaries published by Microsoft are proprietary under the "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications. | ||
Alternate fully open source forks exists like [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]. | |||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Telemetry enabled by default=== | |||
Microsoft's proprietary build sends telemetry data by default<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telemetry |url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/telemetry |url-status=live |website=VS Code Documentation}}</ref> which goes under [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement Microsoft's Privacy Statement]. It has to be disabled manually by setting <code>telemetry.telemetryLevel</code> to <code>off</code> in the user settings. | |||
===Blocking extensions for third-party forks=== | ===Blocking extensions for third-party forks=== | ||
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== | ==See also== | ||
[[ | *[[Microsoft]] | ||
[[ | *[[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices]] | ||
==References== | |||
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