Even though the 'Firefox Terms of Use' has come into effect, there are concerns that 'Will watching pornography be a violation of the terms of use?' and 'Will Mozilla be given excessive authority?'
Firefox's terms of service came into effect on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The terms of service for this long-established, very popular software have finally come into effect, but there are multiple opinions and heated discussions surrounding these terms.
Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox
When asked why they decided to issue the Firefox Terms of Service now, Mozilla explained, 'We have relied on the Firefox open source license and manifesto in the past. But we now develop in a very different technical environment. We want to make the Firefox manifesto clear and accessible. We are committed to making Firefox open source. Combining these with the official Terms of Service will increase transparency about the rights and permissions you have when using Firefox.'
The Japanese version of Firefox's terms of use can be viewed at the following link. Firefox plans to add a 'screen requesting consent to the terms of use,' and plans call for new users to view the consent screen in early March 2025 and existing users to view the screen in late 2025.
Firefox: Your rights — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/ja/about/legal/terms/firefox/
There are several opinions on the Internet regarding Firefox's terms of use. For example, the terms of use state that users grant Mozilla the rights and permission to use the information they upload or input through Firefox, 'When you upload or input information through Firefox, you grant Mozilla a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you direct in your use of Firefox.' However, there are concerns that this gives Mozilla too much authority , and that ' open source software users do not automatically grant rights to their work to the developer. Why is this different with Firefox? '
In response to these concerns, Mozilla updated its news page about the coming into force of the terms of service, explaining, 'We've noticed some confusion about the wording of the license, so we want to clarify it. The license is necessary to run some of Firefox's basic functions. Without the license, you wouldn't be able to do things like use the information you enter into Firefox. The license does not give Mozilla any rights over user data ownership or to use the data for purposes other than those described in our privacy notice.'
Additionally, the Firefox Terms of Use state in their section on user responsibility that 'Firefox must be used in accordance with
And Mozilla's Acceptable Use Policy restricts the uploading, downloading, transmitting, displaying, or allowing access to any content that contains graphic sexual or violent material across any of Mozilla's services.
For this reason, some Hacker News users have expressed concern that actions such as 'watching pornographic content on Firefox' or 'syncing pornographic content history and favorites using Firefox's sync feature' may be considered violations of Firefox's terms of use.
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