Specifically, it's boilerplate to prevent Firefox for being dinged for bog-standard browser behavior, presumably in jurisdictions where that might be a possibility.
Here's the clarification from Mozilla:
We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example. It does NOT give us ownership of your data or a right to use it for anything other than what is described in the Privacy Notice.
The new policy merely allows Firefox to function as it always did, to help users visit web pages, allow the browser permission to store your personal information such as form data, or to access a file that you wanted to upload to a website.
Right? Non-exclusive is good because I can licence to others too as I see fit.
What is the legal meaning of “full”?
Surely I only want to grant a limited non-exclusive licence where the limit is for the use of the browser and the expiry is immediately after I stop using the browser.
Oh, nonono, there is absolutely no confusion. Firefox starts selling your data, that is all there is. Look at these changes [0]. This is not some legal ass covering, either you get paid for user data or you don't. Mozilla just cleared the way for that to happen. Now there is no reason left to stay on Firefox, we can all just enjoy the speedy yet stable poison of our overlords at Google.
https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b...
Specifically, it's boilerplate to prevent Firefox for being dinged for bog-standard browser behavior, presumably in jurisdictions where that might be a possibility.
Here's the clarification from Mozilla:
I guess this is to avoid legal issues with the embedded translators and/or the Orbit AI Assistant.
If Mozilla wants to limit their use of my input, *why the do I need to give them a full, non-exclusive license*?
Right? Non-exclusive is good because I can licence to others too as I see fit.
What is the legal meaning of “full”?
Surely I only want to grant a limited non-exclusive licence where the limit is for the use of the browser and the expiry is immediately after I stop using the browser.
Oh, nonono, there is absolutely no confusion. Firefox starts selling your data, that is all there is. Look at these changes [0]. This is not some legal ass covering, either you get paid for user data or you don't. Mozilla just cleared the way for that to happen. Now there is no reason left to stay on Firefox, we can all just enjoy the speedy yet stable poison of our overlords at Google. https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b...