The Mozilla Public License (MPL) is a free, open source, and detailed software license developed and maintained by the Mozilla Foundation. It is characterized as a hybridization of the modified BSD license and GNU General Public License (GPL) that seeks to balance the concerns of proprietary and open source developers.
It has undergone two revisions, most recently to version 2.0 with the goals of greater simplicity and better compatibility with other licenses.
The MPL is the license for the Mozilla Application Suite, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, and other Mozilla software, but it has been used by others, such as Adobe to license their Flex product line. Version 1.1 was also notably adapted by companies to form derivative licenses like Sun Microsystems' own Common Development and Distribution License.
Read more about Mozilla Public License: Terms, History, Compatibility With Other Licenses, MPL-based Licenses
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