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Regarding the open source part, Jon has spoken about it on a podcast from last year[0][1]. Basically the only think keeping them from full open-source is the li
by axolotlgod 4y ago
Regarding the open source part, Jon has spoken about it on a podcast from last year[0][1]. Basically the only think keeping them from full open-source is the license which they think would make the company possibly fall to another competitor. It's hard being a small business, this makes sense to me. They actively encourage modding of the browser too.
I'm not sure regarding the prevention of automatic saving/filling. I use Bitwarden and in my time using Vivaldi, I haven't had any issues, though maybe someone in the Vivaldi forums[2] would know?
[0]: YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ivDiL9XeDw0?t=3410 https://youtu.be/ivDiL9XeDw0?t=3410
[1]: Podcast website: https://destinationlinux.org/episode-243/ https://destinationlinux.org/episode-243/
[2]: https://forum.vivaldi.net/ https://forum.vivaldi.net/
- jhasse 4y agoWhy not use AGPL for the UI code?
- bastawhiz 4y agoThat doesn't stop someone from using your code to build a compelling competitor product. It just means you need to pay more lawyers to argue about whether the AGPL was violated or not and maybe win a lawsuit.
- chess_buster 4y agoGitLab took libgit vom GitHub, didn't they?
- rakoo 4y agoBut the added value of the company is perfect execution of the idea, not juste the idea. The code being open source only means other people can try to be better, but it shouldn't be the number one issue.