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We had to choose between Webkit and Gecko. For us it was primarily the license, which was GPL vs MIT. Gecko was a non starter.
by luka-birsa 5y ago
We had to choose between Webkit and Gecko. For us it was primarily the license, which was GPL vs MIT. Gecko was a non starter.
- ptman 5y agoI thought mozilla projects, including firefox and gecko are GPL/MPL dual licensed? Where MPL is close to LGPL https://tldrlegal.com/license/mozilla-public-license-2.0-(mpl-2) https://tldrlegal.com/license/mozilla-public-license-2.0-(mp...
- anhner 5y agoWhy was GPL better than MIT?
- conradludgate 5y agoFrom what I can see its actually LGPL vs MPL which are similar in end goal, of being viral when modifying and distributing the project as is, but integrating the library into an application can allow for a licence change
- dralley 5y ago> of being viral when modifying and distributing the project as is That's not what "viral" means. MPLv2 cannot "infect" your own code like the GPL can just by virtue of using the library. The only condition is if you want to make modifications to MPLv2 licensed code files, you do have to retain the license on all contributions.
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