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DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly (www.theverge.com)
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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll bid $3.50 just to GPL it.

[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/

It's already under BSD license

[–] fool@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, but GPL would prevent the Chrome tracking addons and other pleasant closed-source paraphernalia (the difference between Chrome and Chromium)

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't the BSD licence more open though?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

BSD is more open towards being closed.