schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoBut ad blockers don’t distribute derivative materials. It’s like saying you can’t distribute a stencil to cover up things you don’t like to see in a book.
minus-squareSophienomenal@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoCorrect, this case (as far as I’m aware) is only about modification. I simply mentioned distribution and derivative works to talk about libre licenses like GPL being different than what the court case is about
But ad blockers don’t distribute derivative materials.
It’s like saying you can’t distribute a stencil to cover up things you don’t like to see in a book.
Correct, this case (as far as I’m aware) is only about modification. I simply mentioned distribution and derivative works to talk about libre licenses like GPL being different than what the court case is about