> a web browser's job does not require anything remotely resembling a copyright license from the user to the browser vendor.
Yes, I know that, you know that, we all know that. This has always been our implicit agreements between us and the softwares. The thing is, are you sure your argument would help Firefox and Mozilla in the court? Can you be Firefox' lawyers when other legal entities approach them nowadays? I don't see any laws that specifically allow those implicit agreements automatically in browsers. Like Epic founder said:
> The license says that when you type stuff, the program can use the stuff you typed to do the thing you asked it to do. This is what programs ordinarily do, but nowadays lawyers tend to advise companies to say it explicitly.
Firefox is made by Mozilla Corporation (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/), the codes that run the browser are made by Mozilla Corporation, a taxable subsidiary of Mozilla Foundation. It integrates other services like Password Manager (which includes "Alerts for breached websites" feature), Autofill payment method, Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection, Query OCSP for certificates validation, DoH, DRM, their up-coming AI Chats... All of these would potentially be targeted in legal confrontations. And where would those legal disputes be sent to? Mozilla Corporation, even when those activities are in your Firefox PID 3808. The activities do not limit in just sending data.
If I just make a program for myself or for others but without any big entities behind, I won't need to think about anything. But if my program is backed by a taxable company, any implicit agreements between my program and other users would leave legal concerns for me and my company for sure.
Yes, I know that, you know that, we all know that. This has always been our implicit agreements between us and the softwares. The thing is, are you sure your argument would help Firefox and Mozilla in the court? Can you be Firefox' lawyers when other legal entities approach them nowadays? I don't see any laws that specifically allow those implicit agreements automatically in browsers. Like Epic founder said:
> The license says that when you type stuff, the program can use the stuff you typed to do the thing you asked it to do. This is what programs ordinarily do, but nowadays lawyers tend to advise companies to say it explicitly.
https://x.com/looking5452/status/1895458253854711854
Firefox is made by Mozilla Corporation (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/faq/), the codes that run the browser are made by Mozilla Corporation, a taxable subsidiary of Mozilla Foundation. It integrates other services like Password Manager (which includes "Alerts for breached websites" feature), Autofill payment method, Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection, Query OCSP for certificates validation, DoH, DRM, their up-coming AI Chats... All of these would potentially be targeted in legal confrontations. And where would those legal disputes be sent to? Mozilla Corporation, even when those activities are in your Firefox PID 3808. The activities do not limit in just sending data.
If I just make a program for myself or for others but without any big entities behind, I won't need to think about anything. But if my program is backed by a taxable company, any implicit agreements between my program and other users would leave legal concerns for me and my company for sure.