I think what is going on is that we removed the #vscode from the licenseURL in product.json which means code is now calling http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=533485?lang=en (appending ?lang=en). It should use & instead of ?. So, we should append &lang=en instead of ?lang=en (obviously replacing en with the appropriate locale).

In src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts, line 598:

openUrl(${env.product.licenseUrl}**?**lang=${platform.language}, 'openLicenseUrl');

should be:

openUrl(${env.product.licenseUrl}**&**lang=${platform.language}, 'openLicenseUrl');

@dbaeumer can you verify this on a clean German machine. When I tried to verify it on my hybrid version I still got the hybrid version.

I will.

Here is what I see: Clicking on 'Lizenz anzeigen' opens a browser with the URL https://code.visualstudio.com/license?lang=de

which I think is correct. The page stills shows an English pre license so.

yes, this is correct url. when we push a new build of the website it will redirect to the localized page.