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Having open-source implementation do not mean you're not going to "embrass and extend". It's a common misconception. If you're the only big player, that your s
by zobzu 14y ago
Having open-source implementation do not mean you're not going to "embrass and extend". It's a common misconception.
If you're the only big player, that your stuff is open just means others can also implement your protocol. But since you're the only big player, they can't have their protocol.
So you can make your protocol work for you, do things that will bring you more money, and have it open-source, AND force it upon others.
Forking it doesn't mean shit if you're forced to use it to access _ANYTHING_ anyways.
- pjscott 14y agoChrome isn't the only major web browser. Google doesn't have the power to unilaterally decide what all the other browsers will do. Nor does it look like they're trying to get that power; they give hundreds of millions of dollars to Mozilla, one of Chrome's major competitors, and the Mozilla people don't always go along with what Google wants.