Yes, they are using a similar model to Microsoft and open sourcing Firefox code under the MPL while distributing the executable under a new Terms of Service.

Firefox (the executable) is no longer considered FOSS since they can revoke your license at anytime. I posted a comment that details my personal view of this change.

TL;DR: they would have only done this if they planned on farming user data. And last month announced that they intend to do just that.

I mean…Firefox has gone from open source to source available. Other alternatives exist for Firefox that still hold the user as the customer and not as the product.

I personally use Waterfox.

Thank you for the summary. I don’t have a dog in the fight myself. (I use NewPipe) But I’m an FOSS advocate.

Stripping attribution…that’s a GPL violation and that itself is enough to terminate the license. The dates of repo creation and commit dates should be enough to prove causality.

It’s not like the fork couldn’t have stood on its own. Like…wtf was the contributor thinking removing the attribution would do?

Can someone tl;Dr this for me? I’ve gone almost two years without clicking a reddit link and I’m not about to start now.

I’m proud I made it to day 8 I think

Nations can’t ignore the fact that the US has one of the most active militaries in the world. Our Navy is more of less second to none and we have nukes. In the hands of a normal president, we might be fine but you sure as heck know that Trump and his Project 2025 people are just itching to launch one.

This is a situation where there are no good options. The best you can do is continue political pressure, get other nations to rally behind you in the hopes of creating a strong economic resistance.

But the real answer is that we, the US citizens, need to fucking take this country back. I hate to say it but protests simply aren’t enough anymore.

I’ve been a developer for decades. I’ve contributed to FOSS code and do a lot of my own development.

I just want a desktop that works. No fuss.

Yes I could compile my own x11 (and have) but I would rather spend my time doing my own shit than trying to stand up a new VM for some edge issue I’m having.

Just…just give me a UI I can use.

It’s why I use Ubuntu.

I have so many questions. I guess I never viewed as “tankie” as left.

Hell, I consider myself far-left to the point of being a progressive, almost to the point of being an anarchist.

But my reality is rooted in actual facts.

I feel like you’re just here to piss into the wind.

Do you hear people screaming to disable the extension frame work or devtools?

No?

If you don’t want those features you can compile your own version of Firefox and remove them.

But lots of people are anti-AI. And there are people willing to provide a browser that keeps it out.

If you want it, have at it. But don’t piss on people just because they don’t.

I actually think the expected reality is worse:

The family will likely settle out of court. MongoDB will admit to no wrongdoing and the settlement will be sealed and there will be an NDA signed by the family, essentially making it impossible for future employees to get the help they need.

If the family really, really cares about their daughter’s legacy, they need to hold out until MongoDB is willing to admit to wrongdoing, even if it means they don’t see a penny.

Unless your writing is going to be greatly different from FMHY, I’d partner with them on the hosting so you only have to focus on the writing.

Iirc correctly, Amazon actually doesn’t resell their returns. At least not through their storefront.

They have “return auctions” where returns are put onto a pallet and then people bid on them to purchase. Apparently this is cheaper than having a workflow for their returns, checking them to make sure they are resellable, and then stocking them back into their warehouse.

They just need to say they are using the archive for AI training data. Then it’s legal.

It was the exact same. the math of this is that verizon makes enough money on the contract that they can pay for a phone within your 3 year contract.

When I left my company, I had to get a new phone. When I talked to the rep, the phone cost was essentially free with a contract.

The offer was that Verizon would pay for the phone over the course of three years.

So it’s not financing so much as it was free with a contract. When I asked why this was, he said that it was due to how the market was. Everyone has a phone at this point so now cell service provides have to compete to keep people. So they are willing to pay for your phone so long as you are locked in with them.

I’m sorry, but it’s not going to be. Mozilla set the stage of this when they changed from FOSS to source available.

I made this prediction right when this was announced.

libvirginity has a sev9 vulnerability due to its dependency on the unpatched version of libpatriarchy.

This was always to the goal of “age verification”. The government wants a way to know who is behind every “subversive” comment so that they can chill speech. “For the children” is just the most convenient excuse.

If that doesn’t work, it will be “to fight terrorism”.

Line must go up.