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Inconsistency between license in Github and installer #5342

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arthrp opened this issue Apr 15, 2016 · 4 comments
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Inconsistency between license in Github and installer #5342

arthrp opened this issue Apr 15, 2016 · 4 comments

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@arthrp
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arthrp commented Apr 15, 2016

  • VSCode Version: 1.0
  • OS Version: Windows

In LICENSE file it says that VS Code is licensed under MIT. However, when installing it, you have to agree to a completely different license, which says that you can't not only "reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software" but also "share, publish, or lend the software". In my opinion it quite contradicts the MIT license:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software
is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT
OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Should it be like that or is it a mistake?

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@bgse
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bgse commented Apr 15, 2016

Also here:

#5333

@BillyONeal
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Duplicate: #5333

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egamma commented Apr 17, 2016

Please see #60 (comment)

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arthrp commented Apr 18, 2016

Ok, so it's "Chrome vs. Chromium". I wish you were more explicit about that.

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