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DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 1 day agoAlso, wouldn’t this ban also potentially kill or at the very least cripple FOSS too? And what about browser forks like LibreWolf or Icecat?
Because I could see this law overriding rights that basically all FOSS licenses grant to modify something as long as that modification is still freely available.
Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
No, copyright holders have the right to provide permission for modification and distribution of their copyrighted material. This is a case where the copyright holder is not explicitly providing those rights, so it is a completely different scenario.
Natanael@infosec.pub 1 day ago
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.
Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
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