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Mozilla Public License. About the License. Mozilla is the custodian of the Mozilla Public License ("MPL"), an open source / free software license. The current version of the license is MPL 2.0 ( html | plain text ). If you want to use or distribute code licensed under the MPL 2.0 and have questions about it, you may want to read the FAQ.
- Version 2.0
1.12. “Secondary License” means either the GNU General...
- MPL 1.1
Mozilla Public License Version 1.1. 1. Definitions. 1.0.1....
- Mozilla Licensing Policies
The text of Mozilla websites is generally licensed under a...
- Appropriate Header Text
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- Historical Documents
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- Changes From MPL 1.1
Mozilla Public License 2.0: Redline from MPL 1.1. Text that...
- Version 2.0
Both versions 1.0 and 1.1 are incompatible with the GPL, which led the Free Software Foundation to discourage using version 1.1. For these reasons, earlier versions of Firefox were released under multiple licenses: the MPL 1.1, GPL 2.0, and LGPL 2.1. [26]
Jan 30, 2024 · Q1: What is the Mozilla Public License? The MPL is a simple copyleft license. The MPL's "file-level" copyleft is designed to encourage contributors to share modifications they make to your code, while still allowing them to combine your code with code under other licenses (open or proprietary) with minimal restrictions.
1.2. "Contributor Version" means the combination of the Original Code, prior Modifications used by a Contributor, and the Modifications made by that particular Contributor. This provision is a natural outgrowth of the use of the idea of Contributor, as that term is used in the license.
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This is an outdated FAQ, and is retained only for historical purposes. The FAQ for MPL 2.0 is here. This is the Mozilla MPL FAQ. It aims to answer the most common questions people have about using and distributing code under the MPL. Note that because much of the Mozilla codebase is MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-licensed, it's also possible to use and ...
