Talk:XB Browser

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This page was proposed for deletion by Czarkoff (talk · contribs) on 5 April 2012 with the comment:
All the references about the subject appear to be the renditions of the same press release from September 2006. As no new releases happened since 2008, hardly it is going to become notable.
It was contested by Mabdul (talk · contribs) on 16 April 2012 with the comment:
I found enough references, give me a few hours and I will add the first bunch; lowercase title

Licensing changes[edit]

2.9.4.28 is now click-wrapped with GPLv3, suggesting a license change. If anyone knows which exact version brought this change, I would be grateful. --NetRolller 3D 14:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NOT a custom browser... links refer to an anonymity service.[edit]

I've checked the pages and information this article seems to refer to, but all it does is forward to the XeroBank service.

A number of problems with this article and the software it refers to:

Software described is not a browser, but a bundled (ancient) Firefox. Meaning it's miscategorized. The browser offered is an unmodified Firefox with a number of bundled add-ons, including a rebranding add-on (firesomething) to make it appear as if it's a different browser.
GPLed software released under a more restrictive license, that's not allowed, is it? The installer of the bundle states GPL, not a custom license like this article.
Xerobank links are broken or forward to a nondescript anonymity service, unrelated to a browser product.
Xerobank website referred to provides no compelling references, and in fact has a bogus "anonymity checker" that gives false results aimed at scaring people into buying their service: [1]

It seems this article is mislabeled and used solely to promote an unverified pay-for-anonymity service, not a custom browser. I'd say this is abuse of Wikipedia for commercial purposes.

It's full of misleading information.

Wolfbeast (talk) 22:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This software has always been a shameless attempt to swindle money out of uninformed people. Steve Topletz is despised in the anonymity community. I can't believe it has been on Wikipedia this long. 213.29.115.6 (talk) 21:35, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I removed all notes about TESLA (the license is now located at [2] ), but the "source code file" on the download page and the xB installer itself containing the GPL, although I couldn't find any real soruce code (only nsh files). mabdul 11:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, reading the old code and searching at google, I will try to add and include back the license issues xB had. This is somehow interesting and disturbing. Since August 2011 no changes in a wiki, the blog didn't get any update since ages, the software itself is outdated (2009) and no other announcement on any page; many 404 at xerobank.com, are they go in insolence? mabdul 12:43, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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