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> It allows you to reuse code but does not require the re-user to allow the above mentioned openness

That is the dogma, but in practice it is false. Khtml was GPL, that didn't stop Apple from forking it in such a way that their changes couldn't be reused. In practice many who change BSD software find it worth while to contribute their changes back - so they can continue to use the latest version instead of maintaining their own fork.




khtml was and is still LGPLv2.1, webkit still is, and contains major work from Apple that obviously could and has been reused...




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