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The source to Chrome is definitely open and you can compile an effectively identical version yourself (minus the branding). There are some closed source plugins

The source to Chrome is definitely open and you can compile an effectively identical version yourself (minus the branding). There are some closed source plugins (eg. PDF and Flash) that are shipped as dynamic libraries. However, you could disable them (via about:plugins) or simply delete the corresponding binaries from a Chrome distribution and everything remaining would be open source.

asadotzler 15y ago
When you say "effectively identical" do you mean all the preference defaults, all the Google service connection points, etc? Could I do a build from the Chrome source and get a hash match with the release build from Google?