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by bru 4758 days ago
Hi, just nipticking: you wrote

> Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google.

Google Chrome is proprietary software. Chromium is open source.

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Yep, Chrome itself is not open source:

License: Freeware under Google Chrome Terms of Service

Chrome's WebKit & Blink layout engines and its V8 JavaScript engine are each free and open-source software, while its other components are each either open-source or proprietary. However, section 9 of Google Chrome's Terms of Service designates the whole package - Chrome itself - as proprietary freeware.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome