- Mozilla is source is managed and distributed under the
Mozilla Public License (MPL)
- Insert the standard "I'm not a lawyer" disclaimer here
;-)
- MPL grants the right to use the Mozilla software
- http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
- *OSI Approved"
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mozilla1.1.php
- Intended to keep changes returning to benefit both the
developers and others that can use, but with some commercial options
- Also grants rights to modify the code and
re-distribute it in source and object
code form.
- Contributors
may have copyright ownership and patents on the code they contribute.
- But agree to make contributed code available to all others
under the terms of the MPL
- If you use or
distribute software licensed under the MPL, you are the licensee
- If you make
and distribute changes to the code, you must re-license the modified
code to your licensees under the MPL
- If you make
additions to the code,
and you segregate those additions in separate files, you may license your additions under
different terms - including terms that restrict your licensee to object code
only.
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