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|title= Why does Mozilla now require a “nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license” when entering information in Firefox? | |||
|url= https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/why-does-mozilla-now-require-a-nonexclusive-royalty-free-worldwide-license-when-entering-information-in-firefox/140700 | |||
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|title= Mozilla Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox | |||
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Concers center especially around the phrasing of terms outlined<ref name="TOS"> | Concers center especially around the phrasing of terms outlined<ref name="TOS"> | ||
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You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox. | You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox. | ||
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The vagueness of the terms has resulted in users questioning how much of their data they were granting Mozilla a licence to use, especially since the company puts a lot of emphasis on transparency and privacy on their manifesto.<ref name="manifesto"> | The vagueness of the terms has resulted in users questioning how much of their data they were granting Mozilla a licence to use, especially since the company puts a lot of emphasis on transparency and privacy on their manifesto.<ref name="manifesto"> | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> Of note is the concern of the possible use of user "input" to "help you experience online content" by training and creating AI/LLM based tools. | ||
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