The campaign to push Northstar into Linux distributions
lwn.net
There is not a broad selection of mature, open-source web-browser engines for Linux users. Most [...]
  • entwine@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    Interesting bit:

    If the Northstar browser is included in Debian Linux, I will do my utmost to make the browser successful and ensure it works well in Debian, and I will make sure that the Debian project and Debian contributors like you, and the four of you in particular, will be rewarded.

    He did not elaborate on the nature of the promised reward, but did mention that he had applied to the NLnet Restack fund

    I wonder if anyone knows the right people to contact at the fund to bring this to their attention? At the very least, it shows this guy shouldn’t be trusted with their money.

  • john_tech@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    The license is just… ??? What?? So the project is either non-free, John Free Software (GPL) or MIT in a decade?

  • NewOldGuard@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Hahaha the vibe coder trying to get their slop into Debian by bribing maintainers is so funny

  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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    5 days ago

    Don’t let that shit on. Wow. The dude is in AI psychosis to believe that 250k lines of C are “easily auditable”. Absolute joker.

  • naught101@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That’s an insane transaction. The guy vibe coding the browser clearly has no idea what he’s doing…

    Imagine how much other uneccesary work like this is being added on to FOSS project workloads…

    • exdor@programming.dev
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      6 days ago

      Yeah right? Most ethical would be AGPLv3 but that would still be incorrect. But the most copyleft open source license shouldnt break any whose code was stolen, apart from attribution