schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1640arrow-down1external-linkMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoBut ad blockers don’t distribute derivative materials. It’s like saying you can’t distribute a stencil to cover up things you don’t like to see in a book.
minus-squareSophienomenal@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoCorrect, this case (as far as I’m aware) is only about modification. I simply mentioned distribution and derivative works to talk about libre licenses like GPL being different than what the court case is about
But ad blockers don’t distribute derivative materials.
It’s like saying you can’t distribute a stencil to cover up things you don’t like to see in a book.
Correct, this case (as far as I’m aware) is only about modification. I simply mentioned distribution and derivative works to talk about libre licenses like GPL being different than what the court case is about