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by bzbarsky 5001 days ago
You're confusing "proprietary software" and "proprietary technology". They're not the same thing.

There are lots of examples of open-source software implementing proprietary technologies of various sorts (example: x264). There are lots of examples of proprietary software implementing open technologies of various sorts (example: Opera).

I'm not talking about the licensing model for the NaCl source code; I'm talking about the openness or not of the entire NaCl technology stack.

As far as folks at Mozilla go, I think they might point you at http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_spot_openwashing...