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Florp, the Firefox fork with an awful name, is fully source-available again (github.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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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 2 points 7 months ago

Honest question: How is CC-BY-NC not open source?

[-] d_k_bo@feddit.de 8 points 7 months ago

The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

The Open Source Definition

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 points 7 months ago

That’s one of many definitions.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 7 months ago

It's also the most-accepted one.

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 points 7 months ago

It doesn’t appear to be.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 7 months ago

TL;DR: Open source is meant to be open as in open for any use

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 7 months ago

But it is open for any use.

[-] starman@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

NC in CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 stands for non-commercial

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 7 months ago

Commercial use is use

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 7 months ago

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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