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DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] xylogx 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who would buy this and how would they monetize it? In browser ads? A freemium paid model to remove the ads?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll bid $3.50 just to GPL it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

It's already under BSD license

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the BSD licence more open though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

BSD is more open towards being closed.