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Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source?

CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

As of today, the latest Firefox Version 135.0.1 Binaries are released under MPL 2, which is open source.

Whenever the terms are implemented, the Terms of Use will replace the MPL for the binaries. Open source has a strict definition and goes beyond source code.

The Terms of Use, as current proposed, would violate #5 (“No discrimination against Persons or Groups”) as the TOU allows for Mozilla to terminate your use of Firefox for any reason.

As a result, their binary moves from Open Source via the MPL to Source Available, via a proprietary license.

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Orygin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
(sorry I took some time to come back to this) I’m not entirely sure the #5 of OSD would apply to the binary results (even though they are considered derivative work). GPL does restrict the license of the binary, but it seems MPLv2 allows licensing the binary differently as long as you don’t restrict the code further:

You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter the recipients’ rights in the Source Code Form under this License.

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