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by inetknght 407 days ago
Linux is free as in free speech. It's also open source.

Firefox... is free as in free beer.
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noisem4ker 407 days ago
Firefox is covered by the Mozilla Public License (MPL), which is a free-as-in-freedom, open source software license.

What's your definition of freedom?

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inetknght 407 days ago
> Firefox is covered by the Mozilla Public License (MPL), which is a free-as-in-freedom

Firefox is subject to a non-free terms of use.

> What's your definition of freedom?

Let me use the software without limitation.

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creatonez 407 days ago
This AUP is related to the optional backend services run by Mozilla. The frontends for all of these services are open source, with no usage restrictions. It doesn't affect how Firefox is licensed in terms of copyright. Additionally, the backends for some of these services (such as Firefox Sync and Mozilla Accounts) are fully open source, so you could avoid the AUP if you wanted to.
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