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Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by apignotti on Saturday March 15, 2025 @04:51AM (#43371084)
> Chromium is open source, with contributions from many organizations (who retain the copyright to their contributed code).

To contribute anything to Chromium or V8 you need to sign a CLA, afterwards there are very little rights you retain.

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Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by kweingar on Saturday March 15, 2025 @11:28AM (#43373129)
The CLA just gives Google a license to use the code your contribute (and a license to any associated patents). You still own the copyright, and Google cannot sell the rights to your code.

https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-individual

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