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Is this extension trustworthy? It is "recommended" and says GPL3 but there is no link to the source code anywhere.
by bwindels 5y ago
Is this extension trustworthy? It is "recommended" and says GPL3 but there is no link to the source code anywhere.
- tcit 5y agoThe author doesn't publish the extension sources. https://reddit.com/comments/bru6wd/comment/eohtox3 https://reddit.com/comments/bru6wd/comment/eohtox3
- grey_earthling 5y agoTheir argument is that the extension as it's distributed is essentially a zip file containing the source code.
- cratermoon 5y agoI don't think that's quite in compliance with GPL3, but I'm not a lawyer. The bundled release artifact doesn't allow someone to build the extension, and I think GPL3 takes that into account. If I have a Java program, I have the bytecode, and unless it's been run through and obfuscator, I can pretty easily recreate the Java code. But the GPL3 doesn't count that as compliant.