Re:Helping law enforcement lawfully access the Signal app
by spijdar on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:50PM
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Mozilla most definitely has exclusive ownership of their property. Ask the people who've tried to repackage Firefox without fully stripping the branding, and get prodded by Mozilla's lawyers.
Here it's a case of semantics, whether you're talking about the open-source software or the full package including services from Mozilla and the Firefox branding. Firefox as a whole is certainly proprietary to Mozilla, even if the code is not.
I suspect the intent re: signal is similar, where the code is indeed open-source, but IIRC signal doesn't network with non-official clients?
Probably best to avoid using the word "proprietary" because of the confusion/connotations, but I don't think it's entirely wrong.
Here it's a case of semantics, whether you're talking about the open-source software or the full package including services from Mozilla and the Firefox branding. Firefox as a whole is certainly proprietary to Mozilla, even if the code is not.
I suspect the intent re: signal is similar, where the code is indeed open-source, but IIRC signal doesn't network with non-official clients?
Probably best to avoid using the word "proprietary" because of the confusion/connotations, but I don't think it's entirely wrong.