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@aral@mastodon.ar.al I have a question here, does this also apply to Firefox forks? (I'm affraid the answer is yes...)
CC: @Waterfox@mastodon.social
@Hache@masto.es @Waterfox@mastodon.social No, they can’t dictate terms of use for forks without violating their own open source license.
No because they free to, and will remove the stupid TOS.
@Hache @aral this doesn’t apply to us, we have our own privacy policy. But bear in mind if you use a Mozilla account/sync you still have to know the terms for those services.
Just from a cursory glance it doesn’t seem there’s anything egregious with the terms of use or privacy policy update - is there anything specific that sticks out? Legally companies have to provide a privacy policy; terms of use aren’t necessary but just seems to state what is already the case.
@Waterfox @Hache Mozilla jumps into AI… and now this 🤔. I’m not into giving Silicon Valley tech companies the benefit of the doubt.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @Hache@masto.es I do note:
> When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.
That seems incredibly broad, am I misunderstanding where this applies? Surely not just a blanket statement?