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[OUTDATED POST] Floorp, a Firefox Fork with an awful name, has moved some components inside a private submodule.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