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[OUTDATED POST] Floorp, a Firefox Fork with an awful name, has moved some components inside a private submodule. (github.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Update: They just open-sourced it https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp-private-components

cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/[email protected]/t/170330

See also https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/floorp-going-closed-source/52783

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The "open sourced" private components repo is under a fauxpen source (non-commercial) license. Floorp is still proprietary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not proprietary, but source-available.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

source-available.

Ergo, proprietary.

edit: my prior comment on the difference between fauxpen source and true free software licenses. It's not just theoretical or "purist"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ok sure, but most people associate proprietary with closed-source. What's wrong with just saying source-available (instead of open-source)? Calling this proprietary just leads to confusion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because it's not really about the "availability" of source code, but more about what you can actually do with the source code. If you don't have the four freedoms it's not free software.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Well free software isn't the same thing as open-source software

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Because it gives the wrong impression that it is not proprietary, just like how you are making this exact mistake.