▲ | veidr 2 months ago | |||||||
Yeah, I know all about that stuff. But nevertheless, you _can_ fork it. Is it the most awesome, selfless, altruistic version of open source? Clearly not. But is it better than being proprietary closed-source software? Well, that's a value judgement, so we can each decide that for ourselves. Personally, I think so, but maybe it depends. Regardless, though, it's open source, and if it weren't the software landscape would look very different. Cursor, Windsurf, etc. would presumably not be as far along as they are, because they'd have to invest in basic editor functionality. Among many other projects, both open-source and otherwise. | ||||||||
▲ | ezst 2 months ago | parent [-] | |||||||
> Regardless, though, it's open source Some major bits and pieces of the base editor are, but little of what makes vscode into a usable productive tool (namely, the refined extensions and LSP implementations around it, i.e. what users come to expect when they install it in the first place) is open-source. vscode put a lot of marketing effort into being perceived as open-source so to buy sympathy from eventual users. Let's stop at "vscode is open-source in a very narrow and limited capacity, and thoroughly deceptive in its messaging". I would honestly love to see the result of a survey asking vscode users whether they think they are using an open-source product, and how much of that is actually verified based on the extensions being used. | ||||||||
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