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Mozilla Public License rewrite deletes Netscape

By Sean Michael Kerner

[ Thanks to smk for this link.
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“From the ‘Firefox 4 Isn’t Enough To Keep Us Busy’
files:

“Mozilla is perhaps best known today for its Firefox web
browser. Underlying that browser however is the open source license
that enables its development community to thrive. The Mozilla
Public License (MPL) has remained nearly untouched since 1999 and
now at long last is undergoing a process of evolution.

“It’s a process that will at long last sever some of the last
legal language links that Mozilla had with Netscape too.”


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