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- The Mozilla Public License (MPL) is a free and open-source weak copyleft license for most Mozilla Foundation software such as Firefox and Thunderbird.
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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 .
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- Version 2.0
The Mozilla Public License (MPL) is a free and open-source weak copyleft license for most Mozilla Foundation software such as Firefox and Thunderbird.
As a weak copyleft license, the Mozilla Public License 2.0 allows OSS authors to both protect their contributions to a piece of OSS and have the opportunity for their work to be incorporated into well-known and successful pieces of proprietary software.
Mozilla Public License 2.0: Redline from MPL 1.1. Text that is red and struck through has been removed in MPL 2.0. Text that is blue and underlined has been added in MPL 2.0. Mouse over the highlighted text to get a further explanation of that change in the license. Note that these explanations are not the license.
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.
This is the Mozilla MPL FAQ. It aims to answer the most common questions people have about using and distributing code under the MPL.