Gregory's Server
Control is wielded by more than a license.
To quote Chromium's Wikipedia page:
"in terms of governance, the Chromium projects are not independent entities; Google retains firm control of them."
...and that's only governance which is still just one of many avenues along with funding, development, marketing etc.
@Blort
Google can absolutely choose which direction to take *Chrome,* but remember that Brave, for instance, is not following them on dropping Manifest v2 support or limiting adblocking.
Also, Microsoft and other companies¹ extensively contribute to Chromium as well, and they're won't agree to anything that gives Google more control. (1/2)
[1] Even Akamai, the FOSS-friendly cloud provider. See here: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2016/12/why-i-contribute-to-chromium.html
@Blort
Google can absolutely choose which direction to take *Chrome,* but remember that Brave, for instance, is not following them on dropping Manifest v2 support or limiting adblocking.
Also, Microsoft and other companies¹ extensively contribute to Chromium as well, and they're won't agree to anything that gives Google more control. (1/2)