TACO Extension for Firefox Forked After Proprietary Update 139
rtfa-troll writes "Beef Taco is a Firefox extension that allows a mass opt-out from tracking and targeted advertising by many ad networks. The Register reports that the original system, TACO, has become proprietary, and has added new 'features' best described as bloatware. I guess this should serve as a warning for users to always prefer software under a copyleft license where possible. If Google had chosen a license with better protection, such as the GPL, when it released its own opt-out tool, this problem would have been much less likely. This also shows why forks are so important when software development begins to get messy."
No, just a fork... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GPL better exactly how? (Score:1, Funny)
If it was GPL'd, then they would have had to release their changes. That means we'd all have the bloatware version of TACO and no irrefutable reason to fork it.
Re:GPL better exactly how? (Score:3, Funny)
That has to be the stupidest goddamned thing I have ever read. You audit every piece of software you use? How do you find time to pick bugs out of your neckbeard?