Google Chrome

mattgaunt said:
(On a side not - all of Google Chromes browser is open source, so firefox is more than welcome to steal bits of it
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No they can't - "open source" doesn't mean "use as much of our code as you feel like in your own product". Chrome already uses the same code as bits of Firefox, for example in the malware/phishing protection (which uses data from Google).
 
tolien said:
No they can't - "open source" doesn't mean "use as much of our code as you feel like in your own product". Chrome already uses the same code as bits of Firefox, for example in the malware/phishing protection (which uses data from Google).
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As far as I was aware, it depends entirely upon which licence it is on. If they are both GPL, then ofc Firefox can take what they want.

But I suspect its a little more complicated than that...
 
It's using a BSD license so yes people are free to do with it what they want as long as they keep the bsd notice attached to that bit of code.

EDIT: full list of licenses that Chrome uses is available here
 
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I think the bigger issue would be the technical issues with hooking their code up to Gecko, and I don't think anyone at Moz really wants to use the code - there's already work in progress for private browsing/much faster JS/drag and detach tabs etc.

fini said:
It's using a BSD license
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Which AFAIK is incompatible with the Mozilla tri-license, but I'm no lawyer - it's just the general misconception that if something's open source you can just use the code for whatever you like...
 
tolien said:
I think the bigger issue would be the technical issues with hooking their code up to Gecko.



Which AFAIK is incompatible with the Mozilla tri-license, but I'm no lawyer - it's just the general misconception that if something's open source you can just use the code for whatever you like...
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Modern BSD tend to be compatible with pretty much everything as it's one of the most permissive licenses around (note, Modern BSD is the license without the advertising clause, which DID cause some incompatibilities with other licenses).
 
:shrug: I stand corrected on Chrome, though my general point stands: you can't just assume that because it's OSS you can incorporate it into your own product.
 
Who cares? This thread is about Google Chrome -> back on topic :D

I wonder how they'll implement an addon platform (assuming there will be one). Also, do you think Google Browser Sync will make a comeback, in Chrome?
 
JimpsEd said:
Who cares? This thread is about Google Chrome -> back on topic :D
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Er, the original point was about lifting code from Chrome?

I wonder how they'll implement an addon platform (assuming there will be one).
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Google's already said there'll be one. IIRC it's the part the Fx developers said was the most complicated of doing one-process-per-tab.
 
Love it so far, but it needs a confirmation or something when closing the browser while downloading, because the download hides away and sometimes i forget and close the browser and lose the download.
 
Athanor said:
Interesting...

Does it not concern anyone at the extent that Google is starting to dominate a large portion of internet use for users.

Search for anything - Google dominates
Advertising - controlled pretty much by Google
Video - YouTube, nope, that's Google as well
Email - Gmail (although hotmail still has more market share at the moment)
Location - Google maps and earth (although they still have some competition from MS)
Feeds - Google Reader

and now the browser as well.

So Google dominating may well be because they produce good products, but I must admit I am beginning to see a MS V2 emerging more and more and yet it still seems to have a trendy "we're the good guys" image.

What worries me increasingly is the amount of personal data Google is starting to control, and now with a browser potential access to it. OK so the EULA was a mistake, but the fact that that sort of "everything you do belongs to us" clause even exists in a Google EULA must set some alarm bells ringing?

With IE7 & 8 plus Safari for propriety browser and FF/Opera in the open source space we hardly need another browser (although innovation is undeniably a good thing). I just think in this case it's a step too far for me to be comfortable using it.

I don't think Google are evil per se, but I also don't think it's going to be healthy in the future for one mega corp to dominate the internet so completely for a large portion of users.

Just my 2c
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Interesting, maybe Google is the future skynet
 
Anyone seen this happen? Basically while using Chrome every so often my disk activity goes nuts and using process monitor it seems to be writing to a couple of files called safebrowsing and safebrowsingjournal. I can hazard a guess at what these are for, but why on Earth is is making my HDD go mad for five minutes every half an hour or so?
 
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