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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by maxloh on Thursday January 02, 2025 @02:18PM (#42577716)
Moreover, it doesn't seem like static linking to me.

A similar example would be using a GPLv3 licensed JavaScript library in a website. What it implies to other HTML/JS/CSS code is controversial [0]. The FSF actually believed that they should not be "infected" [1], and the legal implications may need to be tested in court.

[0]: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/4360/15873

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WMS

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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by darthwalsh on Thursday January 02, 2025 @06:09PM (#42580047)
The FSF question is about templates, but the chrome extension in question also seems to have copied nontrivial JS.

I don't think chrome extensions can be modified by the user; there's probably some integrity check. So to be GPL compliant they need to publish source files to rebuild the extension?

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