Apparently there is a phased transition from the old license to the tri-relicense. So some parts of the code is GPL'd:
(http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/relicensing-faq.html ) "What Mozilla code has already been relicensed? Many Mozilla source files previously released under the NPL (along with some source files released under an NPL/GPL dual license). Since the creation of the Mozilla Foundation, mozilla.org has inherited Netscape's right under Section V.3 of the NPL ("Alternative Licensing") to relicense NPLed code under a license of its choice. It is choosing to exercise that right to relicense such code under the MPL/GPL/LGPL triple license that the entire codebase is moving towards, thereby eliminating NPLed code from the tree. In addition, the whole of the 'SpiderMonkey' C JavaScript engine (mozilla/js/src), and the Netscape Directory SDK for C (mozilla/directory/c-sdk) have been relicensed. What Mozilla code remains to be relicensed? Any source file in the Mozilla codebase that is not excluded, and that does not have an MPL tri-license header :-). We have sought and obtained permission to relicense from almost everyone who contributed code to Mozilla up until the date of the new licensing policy on September 19th 2001. (After that date, contribution of code was contingent on giving permission to relicense, if the code was not immediately checked into a tri-licensed file.) Once we have obtained responses from all the individuals, companies and organisations concerned, we will relicense those files for which we have received permission from all copyright holders." ----- Original Message ---- From: Christian Seberino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Main Discussion List for KPLUG <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:12:59 PM Subject: Re: Is Firefox under GPL or not? mozilla.com seems hush-hush about it On Thu, August 30, 2007 4:21 pm, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > If the license does not say GPL, then Mozilla is not GPL. > > Firefox has never been under the GPL as far as I know. Why would you > think that it was? It looks like your right. There was a bug deal a while back about Mozilla trying to relicense their code under multiple licenses including GPL. I don't know if they ever followed through and got all the developers to sign off on it. http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/relicensing-faq.html I assumed Firefox was GPL'd because of that but it appears I was wrong. If I grep for GPL in the Firefox source I *do* see it come up. I don't know if that means some pieces *are* GPL'd or not. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
