odo1242's comments

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

> Does this mean these Terms of Use apply only to precompiled binaries downloaded from Mozilla, and not to copies built from source code by linux distributions?

Yes. They couldn’t legally enforce anything for the second, except when it pertains to using Mozilla online services. Many of the Linux packages have all telemetry disabled though

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

They’re referring to the binary release, in this case. You can compile Firefox from source at any time (but if you distribute it, you’re not allowed to call it Firefox due to trademark restrictions)

Open source does technically allow you to put restrictions on binary releases, as long as users can do whatever they want with the source code and compile it from scratch.

It really goes against the spirit of open source though.

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

Then you’d call Mozilla overly political, not “Californian”

[lupusreal → odo1242]

There are many styles of being political, different value systems and approaches to pursuing those values. Mozilla's flavor of political can reasonably be called "Californian". That's not even derogatory so there is no reason for you to act bent out of shape about it. I could have called them woke libtard cryptofacists.

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

If you’re planning this, just use a fork of Firefox that does those things. Less setup and you don’t need to update that file whenever they change the domains used for telemetry.

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

I mean, Facebook did this so they could run research studies and AI on the data, not so they could publish it. You can give yourself the rights to publish something online for the purpose of running the service and give others the right to view it for personal use without giving yourself a full copyright license to do whatever you want with it.

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

Pretty sure this isn’t a legal thing, this is Google going “we got a takedown notice from this company and aren’t about to read it or hear your opinion, in order to protect ourselves legally”

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

This is in the definition of open-source too. Software that restricts the purposes for which people use it isn’t free or open source.

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

Yes

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[odo1242]

The ToS has a link to the Acceptable Use Policy and says that use of Firefox must conform to it.

[spacechild1 → odo1242]

You are right! That's really confusing since the acceptable use clauses themselves talk about Firefox services. Their lawyers need to get their shit together.

On: Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral

[odo1242]

Not gonna lie the tone of that product pitch sounded straight out of a certain mobile game ad.

What do you mean you’ve been working all day? I've got over 500 million power in “Rise of Kingdoms” and