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Microsoft wants to hit people: free open source editor VS Code is resold

2025-01-15 Update From: SLTechnology News&Howtos shulou NAV: SLTechnology News&Howtos > IT Information >

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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens, I want Kangkang's clues to deliver! CTOnews.com October 21, we know that VS Code is a free open source editor developed by Microsoft, but a company has packaged this free editor into a paid software online to sell it.

According to the OSC open source community, some users reported on Github that a company was selling VS Code, showing "original price 298" and "time-limited activity price 69.7", and "kind" pop-up windows to remind users that they had obtained a "20 yuan coupon" that could be used to buy Vscode at an ultra-low price.

And ridiculously, in the installation interface, the official Google website is written at the bottom of the copy of "official Authorization".

According to the report, if the company is compiled from VS Code source code and then sold, it is in line with the terms of MIT. But if it is directly on top of the executable file provided by Microsoft and then sold in the form of commercial software, this kind of behavior has already constituted an infringement. In addition, the copyright of VS Code's Logo belongs to Microsoft, and its direct commercial use will also constitute infringement.

Netizens have also stripped off some of the "activities" done by the company, which is called Wuhan Hongge Yibai e-commerce, and netizens said that the first search result on Baidu and Bing search "VS Code" was their fraudulent advertisement (CTOnews.com test found that the ad was no longer available). They sold software in addition to VS Code, Visual Studio, and Windows system activation tools. It even claims to be partners with China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom.

CTOnews.com learned that not only this company, but also netizens have found out that some other companies are also engaged in this kind of activity, and that some programming rookies who do not know the situation are likely to be deceived by such companies, hoping that Microsoft and other companies will take measures against this behavior.

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