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minus-squarexylogx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoWho would buy this and how would they monetize it? In browser ads? A freemium paid model to remove the ads?
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·3 days agoI’ll bid $3.50 just to GPL it.
minus-squareTerrasque@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agohttps://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/ It’s already under BSD license
minus-squarefool@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoSure, but GPL would prevent the Chrome tracking addons and other pleasant closed-source paraphernalia (the difference between Chrome and Chromium)
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoIsn’t the BSD licence more open though?
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBSD is more open towards being closed.
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.