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> Actually, in the Debug podcast, it was revealed that they were going to go with Mozilla's effort and all that held them back was that KHTML was so much simple
by geocar 13y ago
> Actually, in the Debug podcast, it was revealed that they were going to go with Mozilla's effort and all that held them back was that KHTML was so much simpler to explain
Actually, that's completely irrelevant.
The GPL ensured that Google could benefit from Apple's decision to use KHTML.
- nzp 13y agoThat's exactly relevant! Your premise is that <insert entity> (in this case Apple) objects to releasing things free, and the only thing that made them do it is GPL. GPL is simply not relevant here, no one cared. Apple in turn benefited from Google's improvements of Webkit, etc. People who make decisions in companies, and indeed people in general, are perfectly able to understand the enormous benefits of cooperation. No need for any kind of force or coercion, thank you very much.
- dllthomas 13y agoBut there can be greater benefits of defection, particularly in the short term.
- geocar 13y ago> the only thing that made them do it is GPL That's the only thing making them do it. Whether there are other benefits to giving away source code is not relevant. What they might have done is not relevant. No one could ever say whether Apple and Google and Samsung would have gotten together and made a web browser in collaboration without the GPL. The fact is that they did not do it without the GPL.