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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

See, this wouldn't be a problem if they used GPL. The issue is that MPL stipulates that the modified files must be open source, while the GPL says that any derivative work must be open source.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago

The same problem happens with the trademarks. That is one of the reasons to rebranding the mozilla products in FOSS projects (GNU Icecat, Iceweasel, etc.)

Even with Rust.