Is Mozilla Firefox a licensed software?
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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).
Is Firefox free for commercial use?
Mozilla Firefox is free and open source software, built by a community of thousands from all over the world. There are a few things you should know: Firefox is made available to you under the terms of the Mozilla Public License. This means you may use, copy and distribute Firefox to others.
What is Firefox license?
GNU General Public License
GNU Lesser General Public LicenseMozilla Public License
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Do you have to pay to use Firefox?
The Firefox Browser is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal data.
Can I use Mozilla Public License?
Nothing. Like all other free and open source software, software available under the MPL is available for anyone (including individuals and companies) to use for any purpose.
What problem does Mozilla Public License solve?
For Users. The Mozilla Public License 2.0 provides a number of benefits for users of the licensed code. For example, the express grant of patent rights protects users against certain patent lawsuits from contributors. An additional benefit is the ability to combine MPL’d code with proprietary works.
Is Mozilla Public License 2.0 copyleft?
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.
What problems does Mozilla license solve?
Is Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 commercial use?
Nothing. Like all other free and open source software, software available under the MPL is available for anyone (including individuals and companies) to use for any purpose. The MPL only creates obligations for you if you want to distribute the software outside your organization.
Can I use Mozilla Public License 2.0 commercial?
Version 2.0 is, by default, compatible with LGPL and GPL version 2 or greater. You can distribute binaries under a proprietary license, as long as you make the source available under MPL. Describes the ability to use the software for commercial purposes.
What is the license for Mozilla?
Mozilla software is made available to you under the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2 , a free software license, which gives you the right to run the program for any purpose, to study how it works, to give copies to your friends and to modify it to meet your needs better. There is no separate End User License Agreement (EULA).
Is Mozilla free to use?
All Mozilla software is open source and free software. This means that it is not only available for download free of charge, but you have access to the source code and may modify and redistribute our software subject to certain restrictions.
Can I use Creative Commons licenses on Mozilla websites?
Also, certain Mozilla websites (such as addons.mozilla.org) may allow users to choose Creative Commons licenses for content that they upload to our sites. For more details, see the policy on each individual website.
Can I use the trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation?
This does not grant you any right to use the trademarks, trade names, service marks, or trade dress of the Mozilla Foundation. Executable software binaries released by the Mozilla Project, such as Firefox and Thunderbird, are made available under the terms of the MPL.