AatubeFlorp, the Firefox fork with an awful name, is fully open source again
Florp, the Firefox fork with an awful name, is fully open... #floorp #firefox
https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp-private-components
bloupThe license looks to be Creative Commons non-commercial, which means it isn’t open source, only source-available.
To be clear: the license chosen prohibits anyone who forks floorp from trying to make money from it, but the developer still intends on publishing the source code so it can still be scrutinized.
Honest question: How is CC-BY-NC not open source?
TL;DR: Open source is meant to be open as in open for any use
But it is open for any use.
starmanNC in CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 stands for non-commercial
Yea, I know. The license doesn’t restrict use. Anyone can use the software for any purpose. They just can’t sell it.
Commercial use is use
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.