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> The Linux Foundation or some other entity steps in and just builds a new GPL'd browser The Linux Foundation was already given Servo (in late 2019 if memory i
by Gualdrapo 5y ago
> The Linux Foundation or some other entity steps in and just builds a new GPL'd browser
The Linux Foundation was already given Servo (in late 2019 if memory is not failing me), the promising rendering engine Mozilla was working on. Which meant anyone who was working full time on it, is not right now.
So there's even a new base to work with from the ground up if we wanted to.
- truffdog 5y agoServo was built and run more as a useful browser technique sandbox than a future standalone product.
- phendrenad2 5y agoUnfortunately, I think license matters here, and Servo is MPL. A copyleft license like GPL attracts developers with more collectivist ideals, and developers who only want to contribute as a challenge or to make a name for themselves. BSD/MIT/MPL attract developers who want to make their own fork with proprietary additions. Also the viral nature of the GPL causes people to put up a wall of separation around the project, and agree on where the boundary lies. Just look at the BSD projects, each is a blurry mess where kernel and userspace are intermixed. They're jumbled in one big repo. With Linux, the threat of license contamination has caused the modularity we see (my theory, anyway).
- petre 5y agoSo the logical choice is LGPL then?