ThePfromtheO<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/@SuperDicq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SuperDicq</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span> <br>“I really hope they change this policy and publish the full source code at some point. Because if they do Vivaldi can actually start hanging out with the big boys like Firefox or Chromium.”</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a>'s answer on this: “But, the way we see it, Vivaldi is more than just its code. It is our brand, with associated trademarks we have to protect. This means any fork needs to be branded as a different product.</p><p>And this new product then would become an immediate competitor without putting any significant technical work to reach that status.”<br><a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/#:~:text=But%2C%20the%20way,reach%20that%20status" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vivaldi.com/blog/technology/wh</span><span class="invisible">y-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/#:~:text=But%2C%20the%20way,reach%20that%20status</span></a>.</p><p>“a very small, but important part of the codebase.”<br>That's the whole point of it</p><p>And yes, this can be done very easily, but, as they said, there's no coming-back. 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