schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.zipfirefox@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1639arrow-down1external-linkMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square136linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.zipfirefox@lemmy.ml
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前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.
minus-squareSophienomenal@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前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
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