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The Future: The Mozilla Foundation and the End of Netscape (MozillaZine)
MozillaZine has
a clarification of AOL's disbanding of the Netscape project
and the creation of the Mozilla Foundation.
"Firstly, while a major loss, the end of Netscape does not mean the end of
Mozilla. There is no way that AOL can revoke the Netscape and Mozilla Public
Licenses and make the code proprietary. The Mozilla code will continue to be
available to all. AOL has also agreed to transfer the Mozilla trademark and
other intellectual property (much of it dating back to when Mozilla was
Netscape's mascot) to the new Mozilla Foundation. Netscape-owned hardware
(such as the mozilla.org servers) will also be transferred to the new
organisation. AOL will continue to employ some Netscape staffers, such as Asa
Dotzler, for a couple of months to help with the transition.
The Mozilla Foundation marks the first time that the Mozilla project actually
has a legal existence (mozilla.org was always just a more informal group)."
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