this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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But it is not FOSS. As another person said, it is source-available which is still a kind of proprietary software.
It changed recently
https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme
As I replied to the other comment, I wasn't aware of the recent happenings. I've been using Floorp for a while now and when I installed it it was fully opensource.
However, it seems like it's fully opensource again now (sources in the other reply)
Tbh I still wouldn't trust them because they made some stuff proprietary for a while. It seems a bit sketchy.
Agree, it doesn't mean the project it bad but it still seems a bit weird. I've texted one of the Dev on Reddit to ask for some clarification about the whole thing, and maybe understand the reasons behind this choices.
Will update you here if they reply