This is good news, but I am confused by the following:
"""
Brave Origin is:
1/ new, optional, separate build (stripped down, no telemetry/rewards/wallet/vpn/ai);
2/ free on Linux, one time buy elsewhere.
"""
So the stripped down version (at least the non-Linux one) will not be open source?
Open source software can be sold for money. For example redhat selling cds with rhel on them, for quite a big sticker price. Free if you build it yourself but you have to pay to get a ready to use version.
open-source ≠ gratis binaries
Rules that require the distribution of source code don't require the distribution of binaries.
That seems pretty reasonable proposition IMO.
As other people have mentioned you can resell open source software. I have a big box Linux distro on my shelf here.
I’d pay a monthly fee for a browser where I’m not the product anymore and it respects my privacy.
Brendan talks about this a bit more here: https://x.com/BrendanEich/status/2006412918783619455