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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by dist-epoch on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @09:54AM (#43915739)
Exactly, this I why I won't use Linux or Firefox, I don't want to be the product.
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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by inetknght on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @10:34AM (#43916266)
Linux is free as in free speech. It's also open source.

Firefox... is free as in free beer.

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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by noisem4ker on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @02:05PM (#43918854)
Firefox is covered by the Mozilla Public License (MPL), which is a free-as-in-freedom, open source software license.

What's your definition of freedom?

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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by inetknght on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @02:43PM (#43919241)
> Firefox is covered by the Mozilla Public License (MPL), which is a free-as-in-freedom

Firefox is subject to a non-free terms of use.

> What's your definition of freedom?

Let me use the software without limitation.

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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by creatonez on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @05:55PM (#43920941)
This AUP is related to the optional backend services run by Mozilla. The frontends for all of these services are open source, with no usage restrictions. It doesn't affect how Firefox is licensed in terms of copyright. Additionally, the backends for some of these services (such as Firefox Sync and Mozilla Accounts) are fully open source, so you could avoid the AUP if you wanted to.
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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by creatonez on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @10:16AM (#43916002)
Most Linux distros are completely free of any builtin telemetry. Your fears are unwarranted.
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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by 333c on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @10:31AM (#43916212)
I believe that's the point being made by the comment you're replying to
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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by cbpowell on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @10:32AM (#43916233)
My impression (perhaps incorrect) was that the guy was being sarcastic.
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Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use by thadt on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @10:37AM (#43916294)
We at the HN do not have a sense of humor we're aware of.
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