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TACO Extension for Firefox Forked After Proprietary Update
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."
It's not a dupe, it's a FORK! Quit your complaining...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
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.
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?