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Re:Microsoft asks for $5 check sent to Redmond to get 3rdpar... by metadat on Friday April 29, 2022 @07:24PM (#31211767)
Why do they gate it this way? Don't they own GitHub?

Bad actors, just ludicrous..

Also, isn't it just a chromium fork? I wonder if ElGoog gave them speci licensing terms.

Chrome is released as "proprietary freeware"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

Chromium is licensed as 3-clause BSD, which means $ms can do whatever TF they want with it. Fun.

Re:Microsoft asks for $5 check sent to Redmond to get 3rdpar... by toast0 on Friday April 29, 2022 @09:47PM (#31212638)
Is it a gate? I mean, I guess it's an OR-gate... Do you want it free? You can download it. Do you want it on a disc? Send $5 and you'll get it.