Google Code blacklists Mozilla Public License

Aug 01, 2008, 12:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Gavin Clarke)

"The move comes two years after Google Code launched, when MPL was one of just seven licenses Google allowed developers to use. Others included Apache, BSD and the Free Software Foundation's GPL and LGPL. Google's MPL ban follows the block on FSF's Affero GPL. That decision's seen a number of projects abandon Google Code for rival hosts. As with Affero, the reasons for Google's decision are not entirely clear."

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