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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by Intermernet on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @09:57AM (#12488243)
I understand where you're coming from, but "open source" does not mean "I can read the source". If that were the definition, then Windows 2000[1] is open source.

[1]: https://the.bytecode.club/showthread.php?tid=147

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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by hannob on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @10:04AM (#12488297)
True, but Adblock Plus is GPL: https://hg.adblockplus.org/adblockplus/file/tip/COPYING

That qualifies as Open Source under any reasonable definition of the word [1]. So being Open Source is no argument for or against either Adblock Plus or ublock origin, because both are.

[1] https://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license

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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by y0ghur7_xxx on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @10:13AM (#12488384)
The OSI definition of "open source" is not the only definition. I would argue that most people see "open source" as software where the source is "visible" (no data to back that up).

Then you have a gazillion of "Open source licenses", that can be less "free" to more "free", like BSD, GNU, MIT, Apache, the free source license, ...

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Re:Adblock Plus now sells ads by c22 on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:31PM (#12491449)
My definition of open source is software where I can modify the source and use the resulting modified software without unnecessary roadblocks or fear of legal reprisal.
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