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As long as Firefox's code heritage can be traced back to code released by Netscape under GPL (or Apache), Firefox will be fine. Regardless the license, aren't
by naner 15y ago
As long as Firefox's code heritage can be traced back to code released by Netscape under GPL (or Apache), Firefox will be fine.
Regardless the license, aren't they still vulnerable to claims of patent violation?
- simonster 15y agoSome licenses explicitly state that contributors license relevant software patents that they control. Whether GPL 2.1 includes a patent grant is unclear, but the Mozilla Public License certainly does.