Google's Weird Ways With Open-source Licenses | Linux Today

Google’s Weird Ways With Open-source Licenses

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Matt Asay
Aug 30, 2008

“As for the MPL, while DiBona doesn’t state it outright, I
suspect that Google’s decision to re-up its commitment to Mozilla
for three more years probably involved some strained discussions
about Google’s weird decision to dump the MPL…”

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