That’s “narcissists”.

https://fedia.io/

I’m guessing the concern is “the feds”, a pejorative term to refer to undercover police?

lol no problem

This Private Search is just a standalone website (and not part of the browser). And yes, Waterfox the browser does support WebExtensions, as it includes Firefox Quantum features.

the search engine, a website?

these jokes get me every time. last time someone said something like “earthfox, airfox, lived together in harmony…”

I use it for the default interface customizations and tree-style sidebar. I personally don’t care that much about the very basic level of Firefox’s telemetry, but yes, Waterfox bundles the Betterfox config to shut down trackers plus overall just make itself faster.

I know prohibiting reselling is what they probably intended. But that doesn’t mean they can’t push a different and very valid interpretation when they want to.

you’re not just reselling openssl.

The wording—“primarily derives from”—is much broader than “just”. I believe that Resque’s dependence on Redis is enough to satisfy “primarily”.

To be fair, it was introduced as meta-search in the Waterfox changelog where it was publicized.

the orb must flow

I feel like it qualifies under

offering a service the value of which entirely or primarily derives from the value of the Program or modified version

Doing it fast is essential and a core part of many services’ value, I’m sure.

You have a point regarding the FAQ but I do not see that written in the license. This is a problem that would only be granted in case MongoDB/ElasticSearch/Redis sues someone for internal use and I think that’s a borderline risk too much to take.

Well, it’s how I would interpret it, especially for Windows being a violation of section 13 (a little less for whether section 13 applies when you just use Redis: one could argue it applies to dynamic sites that really require fast responses as part of its feature set, which has to use something like Redis). It’s also an issue that nobody has interpreted the license in court yet.

Sorry, I didn’t see the notification for some reason. The SSPL would prohibit people from running Redis from Windows, as Windows is proprietary. That forces them to use the source-available RSAL.

Apparently that’s a salad made of cabbage

Ackshually that’s Cunningham’s Law, named after the inventor of wiki software. Murphy’s law is about how everything will go wrong.

… wait

Yeah, and you have to pay for that. Lots of open source software have enterprise support and usage limit licenses but having to pay for something isn’t open source. I am personally ambivalent at non-commercial licenses but I agree that the restriction against using proprietary software with Redis in commercial usage is kinda bad.

Valkey was created recently as Redis changed their license, having clauses which made the user choose between being “discriminatory against users of the software that use proprietary software within their stack, as the license requires the open-sourcing of every part interacting with the service, which under these circumstances might not be possible” or being non-commercial. Forgejo was created when Gitea decided to go the JetBrains route a few years ago. It’s since absorbed Gitea’s clout.

Redis is also on the list, but not Valkey. Gitea is on the list, but not Forgejo. Still nice to see governments endorsing the open-source-ish software they know and FOSS principles, though!