Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agoFirefox is adding a switch to turn AI features offwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down11
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkFirefox is adding a switch to turn AI features offwww.theverge.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days ago That said, this is a reminder that Firefox is no longer open source. It’s source available How so? It’s still licensed under the MPL, an open source license.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoMozilla 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.
How so? It’s still licensed under the MPL, an open source license.
Mozilla 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.