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As far as I remember they had too many dependencies that weren't open source friendly for that move. At least I think that was the reason given back then.
by sgift 11y ago
As far as I remember they had too many dependencies that weren't open source friendly for that move. At least I think that was the reason given back then.
- frik 11y agoI doubt that is true. They ported the Opera browser to very exotic platforms, like Nintendo DS, Wii, and many other devices I never even heard of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presto_(layout_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presto_(layout_engine) With multiplatform codebase, you try to keep the dependencies to a minimum or even rely on just C++ and the platform sdk.
- wmil 11y agoIt might have included a large amount of licensed code. They could edit and port it, but not relicense it.