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minus-square@xylogxlinkEnglish12•1 month agoWho would buy this and how would they monetize it? In browser ads? A freemium paid model to remove the ads?
minus-squareTerrasquelinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agohttps://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/ It’s already under BSD license
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoSure, but GPL would prevent the Chrome tracking addons and other pleasant closed-source paraphernalia (the difference between Chrome and Chromium)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoIsn’t the BSD licence more open though?
Who would buy this and how would they monetize it? In browser ads? A freemium paid model to remove the ads?
I’ll bid $3.50 just to GPL it.
https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/
It’s already under BSD license
Sure, but GPL would prevent the Chrome tracking addons and other pleasant closed-source paraphernalia (the difference between Chrome and Chromium)
Isn’t the BSD licence more open though?
BSD is more open towards being closed.