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."

Comments

What color?

[Anonymous Coward]

But will it help me get any closer to a pink taco? frosty pisty

Re:forks are so important

[Monkeedude1212]

Same people who enjoy popsicles with a spoon.

Re:forks are so important

[MrEricSir]

Forks are best used for eating candy bars. /bass riff //mouth pop

Re:GPL better exactly how?

[abigor]

So what?

Re:GPL better exactly how?

[smartr]

Is this the same GPL where no dual-licensed proprietary and GPL licensed software exists? If someone purchases a different licensing agreement, all the GPL has done is assured the author a cut of the proprietary code money - which means a higher upfront cost, which means it's less likely to be used. I suppose the GPL code authors could outright refuse to re-license their code for an over-market-value of money, in which case a company can just have the code rewritten proprietary style making for more inefficient markets. What are you going to do? Sue the company with a patent suit for making code that does the same thing?

Re:GPL better exactly how?

[Rockoon]

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