[OUTDATED POST] Floorp, a Firefox Fork with an awful name, has moved some components inside a private submodule.(github.com)

posted 8 months ago

Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Update: They just open-sourced it https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp-private-components

cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org /m/foss@beehaw.org/t/170330

See also https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/floorp-going-closed-source/52783

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Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP

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8 months ago

Ok sure, but most people associate proprietary with closed-source. What’s wrong with just saying source-available (instead of open-source)? Calling this proprietary just leads to confusion.

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Spore@lemmy.ml

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8 months ago

Because it gives the wrong impression that it is not proprietary, just like how you are making this exact mistake.

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Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone

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8 months ago

Because it’s not really about the “availability” of source code, but more about what you can actually do with the source code. If you don’t have the four freedoms it’s not free software.

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Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP

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8 months ago

Well free software isn’t the same thing as open-source software

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