Caretaker of DS8.ZONE. Free (Libre) Software enthusiast and promoter. Pronouns: any

Also /u/CaptainBeyondDS8 on reddit and CaptainBeyond on libera.chat.

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Cake day: March 27th, 2021

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  • It is abnormal for a free software project to have an EULA (i.e. a contract that one must agree to in order to install and use the software). This particular EULA does not seem to be as onerous as most but it may still place substantial restrictions on use.

    The acceptable use policy, for example, covers much more than just crime (including a prohibition on “graphic depictions of sexuality or violence”). However, it also specifically refers to “Mozilla services” so one could argue that it doesn’t apply to normal usage of Firefox; however, the Firefox EULA also specifically claims it does. Is Firefox itself a Mozilla service? I would assume not under the usually understood definition of such, but it’s not really clarified.

    It’s far easier to use something unburdened by an EULA, so I’m typing this from Librewolf.