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   jcoglan (jcoglan@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 09:37:15 JST jcoglan

   exactly this: mozilla does not need to use the input that users enter into firefox, mozilla as a legal entity is not involved in the operation of software on your own computer. the only possible applications of this license grant are nefarious https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/114078096843471877

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 09:37:14 JST feld

     in reply to
     @jcoglan we don't actually know that's true until it's tested in court
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     jcoglan (jcoglan@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 09:37:15 JST jcoglan

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     their argument would imply that open source authors require a license grant from users of their software to handle inputs to the software, which is categorically false *unless they are exfiltrating user input* which would render their work malware