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From: VK on 22 Apr 2008 16:05
> > // + Camino of course for MacOS users
>
> There is also a Firefox version for Mac OS X. It would be easier (and
> correct) to say Mozilla/5.0 (the codebase) or Gecko (the layout engine),
> because there are much more browsers based on either than just Firefox and
> Camino.

Mozilla Foundation is an open source project. Anyone can take the
source http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Download_Mozilla_Source_Code
and to build yet another browser without any care of Mozilla feature
guidelines - as long as it uses the "generic globe" instead of "foxy
globe" logo and some other little copyright details. The process can
be rather easily automated with a randomizer added over some batch
script so one could produce up to 40 slightly different browsers per
hour depending on the CPU speed. :-)
This way it is pointless to name all Gecko-based browsers. I named
Camino because I know the project and because it is a reputable long-
existing brand I can suggest for MacOS. It is also the only one
natively running 3rd party browser plus with AppleScript support.
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 22 Apr 2008 16:31
VK wrote:
>>> // + Camino of course for MacOS users
>> There is also a Firefox version for Mac OS X. It would be easier (and
>> correct) to say Mozilla/5.0 (the codebase) or Gecko (the layout
>> engine), because there are much more browsers based on either than just
>> Firefox and Camino.
>
> Mozilla Foundation is an open source project.

No, Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that maintains an open
source project called Mozilla(/5.0).

> Anyone can take the source
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Download_Mozilla_Source_Code and to
> build yet another browser [...] This way it is pointless to name all
> Gecko-based browsers. [...]

That is exactly what I pointed out to you.


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