Hi Joe, On 09/12/17 17:20, Joe Smith wrote: > I wanted to express my thoughts over Firefox. Firefox may be a great > browser especially with the new browser that has been released but there is > something that violates the term "Free (as in freedom, not beer) and Open > Source", is the fact that Firefox does not allow users to use the cloud > features such as sync etc if the user is below 13 years old.
I haven't consulted our legal team, but the reason for this is probably: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act > If a software claims to be a "free and open source software", why does > Firefox violate that principle by preventing users from doing something. It's not actually Firefox itself, it's the remote services which have these conditions attached. If you can find some, you are welcome to install addons or use websites via Firefox which do not have such restrictions. A server running open source software does not mean it is required that the server operators permit everyone to use the server. > Also may I suggest if a user wanted to use the cloud features, why doesn't > it use end-to-end encryption? What makes you think that it doesn't? Gerv _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
