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Florp, the Firefox fork with an awful name, is fully source-available again(github.com)

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The repository for the previously private submodule is still called Floorp-private-components, though it’s public.

https://blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-11/ is a maintainer’s official response to… Reddit, which crossposted me apparently. Hooray!

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CaptObvious@literature.cafe
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Yea, I know. The license doesn’t restrict use. Anyone can use the software for any purpose. They just can’t sell it.

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Aatube@kbin.melroy.orgOP
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Commercial use is use

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CaptObvious@literature.cafe
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No, commercial exploitation is assumed ownership. It isn’t use. Open source is not CC0 — or at least that’s not the only possible open source license.

BTW, I agree that, in this case, the dev is just throwing a tantrum over using the wrong license for his earlier work.

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