The lack of copyleft provisions is problematic for a web browser, in my
opinion. Such software respects users' freedom in the here and now, but all
the work of the community is able disappear right down the drain. Except in
this case it was the reverse; Google developed Chrome under proprietary
auspices, then later released the Chromium source mainly so that ports for
GNU/Linux and Mac OS could develop quickly. The permissive licensing allows
any improvements to Chromium's code to get re-appropriated by Google into
Chrome, which after all is the second most popular proprietary web browser in
the world after The Beast Incarnate, Internet Explorer.
Midori is a great choice for a lightweight browser. It has tabbed browsing,
session management, custom scripts, (a few) extensions, and uses the same
rendering engine as Chromium (WebKit). I hope they add native Ogg Vorbis
support soon.
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