LCP@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 16 days agoFirefox's new ad: "It’s time to come back to Firefox. The Internet you loved is still here."youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down113
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkFirefox's new ad: "It’s time to come back to Firefox. The Internet you loved is still here."youtu.beLCP@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml · 16 days agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down4·16 days agoIt’s obviously still open source or the various downstream forks of it wouldn’t be able to exist.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·15 days agoIt’s why I differentiated the Firefox executable vs Firefox the application code. Firefox the application code is still open source. The executable binary is not.
minus-squarefoenkyfjutschah@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoHow would distribute the open source of a binary?
minus-squaresus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·15 days agoThat’s true, but it just seems like a silly distinction cooked up by some overly paranoid lawyer working for firefox, that has no practical effect.
It’s obviously still open source or the various downstream forks of it wouldn’t be able to exist.
It’s why I differentiated the Firefox executable vs Firefox the application code.
Firefox the application code is still open source. The executable binary is not.
How would distribute the open source of a binary?
That’s true, but it just seems like a silly distinction cooked up by some overly paranoid lawyer working for firefox, that has no practical effect.