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Why was the MPL created?

Netscape was doing something new: converting existing commercial product to open source project
Needed a license that would make the mozilla project acceptable to both the open source community and the commercial software world
Creating new licenses is generally frowned upon, but MPL has passed this hurtle

Mozilla

Why was the MPL created?

Netscape was doing something new: converting existing commercial product to open source project

Needed a license that would make the mozilla project acceptable to both the open source community and the commercial software world

Creating new licenses is generally frowned upon, but MPL has passed this hurtle