< World-Wide Web , body , open source > The open source web browser , designed for standards-compliance, performance, and portability, whose development is coordinated by mozilla.org.
The Mozilla project started in March 1998 when Netscape Communications Corporation released the source code of Netscape Communicator . The now abandoned version based on that code is referred to as "Mozilla Classic". Since then, much has been rewritten, including the layout engine, the networking library, and the front-end.
mozilla.org was set up by Netscape in January 1998 to coordinate development and to provide a point of contact for interested people. Mozilla 1.0 was finally released on 2002-06-05.
Although a lot of Mozilla code is under the original Netscape Public License, some parts of the code are under the Mozilla Public License or dual MPL/GPL.
"Mozilla" was the original project code name for Netscape Navigator and, according to some of the documentation, the correct pronunciation of "Netscape".
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[Derived from " Mosaic killer/Godzilla"?]
(2002-11-13)