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No. Chrome is shipped by Google in binary form, and without instructions for generating it in its entirety from source. That, by definition, is not open source
by azakai 15y ago
No.
Chrome is shipped by Google in binary form, and without instructions for generating it in its entirety from source. That, by definition, is not open source.
It contains parts that are, otherwise, known to be open source. The same is true for Safari and Opera. It contains many more such parts than those browsers, to be sure, but it is still not fully open source.
- mkr-hn 15y agoThe source, as best as anyone can tell, is Chromium. It's just a branding difference until you demonstrate that Chrome != Chromium + blobs. The blog post and everything Google says indicates that Chrome is just Chromium rebadged and shipped with some stuff. You're free to go and (try to) disprove this by compiling Chromium so you can compare it with Chrome.
- azakai 15y agoIf Google claims Chrome is open source, the burden of proof is on Google. I have not even seen Google say that Chrome is identical to Chromium except for some DLLs, which is what you appear to believe. Or have I missed that? If so, please link me to it.
- mkr-hn 15y agoIt appears to be open source by their standards. What is there to prove? Disprove it by your standard and present the evidence. Then realize there's no point in trying to argue "facts" when each faction has its own.