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WebKit started as KDE’s KHTML/KJS and LLVM started as a research project at Univeristy of Illinois. Apple took the code and extended it, they had little choice

WebKit started as KDE’s KHTML/KJS and LLVM started as a research project at Univeristy of Illinois. Apple took the code and extended it, they had little choice for the source code license. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLVM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLVM

saagarjha 6y ago
They could have just not taken the code, though…
- nsonha 6y ago
  yeah, they're doing the world a favour by taking the code and conform to its licence, as opposed to... developing a new browser engine which is... easier?