Closed-source browser extension Pie Adblock has been accused of copying code and text from rival uBlock Origin, violating its GNU GPL version 3 license. The accusation stems from files used by Pie Adblock to block advertisements, which allegedly contain modified versions of rules and scripts from both uBlock Origin and AdGuard, another competitor. Pie Adblock's developer has since made some material publicly available and acknowledged the authors, claiming they meet all license requirements. They argue the sharing is due to the importance of contributing back. Pie Adblock, launched last year by the startup The People's Internet Experiment, offers a Rewards for Ads program that incentivizes users to view selected advertisements.
Closed-source browser extension Pie Adblock was this week accused of copying code and text from rival uBlock Origin in violation of the latter's software license – the GNU GPL version 3.in the past few hours that are at the heart of the extension and clearly come from uBlock Origin as well as Adguard, another competitor.
The Pie Adblock team also argued it met and meets all the necessary requirements, and is sharing the data due to"the importance of contributing back."Pie Adblock was released last year by a startup called The People's Internet Experiment, aka pie.org, which was founded by Ryan Hudson, co-founder of Honey – the browser extension acquired by PayPal in 2020 for $4 billion, which is now facing at leastfor desktop Google Chrome – that pays you if you choose to see certain adverts.
As part of our regular development process, we are conducting a review of our software licenses. At this point in that process, we believe that our use of any open source licensed software is fully consistent with what is permitted under the terms of the license.
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