Firefox ToS: Clarify or remove why does Mozilla now requires a “nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license” when entering information in Firefox?
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Apparently since somewhat of mid-Februrary 2025, according to the Archive.org Wayback Machine (and February 25, 2025, as per the change date), you have a new Terms of Use (ToS) for Firefox, which also state:
It says (highlighting by me):
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.
Previous versions did not contain this, so what's up here?
This does not sound really good for an organization like yours or Firefox in general, so what is up here? People on Mastodon are wondering and so do I.
This legal foo is new, and you had to have some reason to include it?
IMHO, similar to Bug 1205217, maybe you should clarify this? Or even adjust it? I mean is it really needed now and if so why? Why is it new and for what use case etc.? I hope this can reach your legal team or so, but also note the public image/marketing impact of this.
Feel free to also reply in the forum.
Ah and forgot the forum link, here it is: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/why-does-mozilla-now-require-a-nonexclusive-royalty-free-worldwide-license-when-entering-information-in-firefox/140700?u=rugkx
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Comment 2•9 months ago
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Comment 3•9 months ago
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Update on TOU here: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/
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Comment 5•1 month ago
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"Clarify or remove"
Removed.
(June 10, 2025:)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/#you-give-mozilla-certain-rights-and-permissions
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