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Re: Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights

From Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights
Date 2025-07-22 07:17 +0000
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:51:07 -0400, micky wrote:

> Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights with regard to them? 
> 
> Or is it legal, and ethical, for Firefox to incorporate code or
> techniques from add-ons into FF itself, whenever they want to?

Obviously that depends on the licence under which the add-on was released.

Do you have a specific example in mind, or are you just talking generally?

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Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights  micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-21 21:51 -0400
  Re: Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-22 07:17 +0000
    Re: Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-22 22:45 -0400
  Re: Do the authors of add-ons have copyrights Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2025-07-22 08:49 +0100

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