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Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software by StreamBright on Thursday January 26, 2017 @05:32AM (#13490231)
citation needed

https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....

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Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software by AsyncAwait on Thursday January 26, 2017 @05:54AM (#13490343)
That link says nothing about selling your data.

Also note that while Homebrew may be open-source, it is not "free software".

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Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software by StreamBright on Thursday January 26, 2017 @08:31AM (#13491113)
>>>> _Everyone_ is collecting our data nowadays. Who's left to sell it to?

I confirm that he is probably right about _____collecting____ data. Yes, this most definitely includes FOSS software. If your qualifier for FOSS is not using GA or anything like that than your are right, however, most of probably still count brew as FOSS. Hope that helps.

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Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software by mcintyre1994 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:18AM (#13490459)
BSD-2 license isn't free?
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Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software by clarry on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:11AM (#13490417)
What makes it nonfree?
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Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software by AsyncAwait on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:22AM (#13490475)
The fact that it uses GA contradicts Free Software's definition of free software, however it is open-source.
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