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		greendestiny_re on May 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Technical Details on the Recent Firefox Add-On Out... >or take the blatant malware step of replacing or altering Firefox Firefox is still considered open source, correct? From what I know, open source software is meant to be altered.

Wowfunhappy on May 10, 2019 [–]

They mean altering the compiled executable without the users knowledge.

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