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Visual Studio Code

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. Debate over licensing, telemetry and the open-source label

    Some developers have criticized the gap between the MIT-licensed Code - OSS source project and the proprietary license governing Microsoft's official VS Code distribution, including concerns about telemetry and branding. This is a continuing community controversy rather than a confirmed legal scandal.