Jonas Jørgensen wrote: > > JTK wrote: > > > I didn't ask for the source code, I asked for a statement by a > > Mozilla/AOL official. > > Sure, but they could be lying, right?
AOL lie? That's crazy talk! But if the "community" caught them in a lie.... > The source code doesn't lie. > The source code that you are privy to doesn't. How do I know the nightlies I download are built from only the publically available source? > >> So there is no possible way Mozilla can contain any such "feature". > > > > There is *every* possible way for it to contain such a "feature". > > Let me rephrase that: There is no possible way for Mozilla to *secretly* > contain such a "feature". > Sure there is: "oh, we forgot to put invade_privacy.cpp on the public CVS, sorry, honest mistake!" > >> If > >> it did, everyone would know about it. > > > > Uh, no, only the people working on Mozilla would > > ...and everyone who decides to take a look at the source to see if it > contains any privacy-invading search feature. > And the only people who are able to look at said source? Yep: AOL. > >> That's the beauty of open source. > > > > Please spell it right: "Open Source(tm)". > > Please look up the correct spelling before incorrectly correcting a > spelling which is correct. > > Official spelling: "Open Source" or "open source". It is not a > trademark. http://opensource.org/press_releases/certified-open-source.html > It might as well be. > I actually appreciate when people point out errors in my spelling, but > only in the cases where I actually misspelled something. > > /Jonas
