On 09/04/2012 03:44 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Nicolas Michel
<be.nicolas.mic...@gmail.com> wrote:
You have wrong. Chromium is and ever was the core of the web browser from
Google. And it is open source (there was no before, no after, no fork - it
is the core). Google Chrome is that core, plus a certain amout of code which
is not open-source and so, you don't have access to the source code of
Google Chrome itself (which is a packages chromium + other codes).
While I don't completely understand what you are saying I will attempt
to refute it. Please do research before stating somebody is wrong: "In
September 2008, Google released a large portion of Chrome's source
code as an open source project called Chromium [2], which Chrome
releases are still based on." [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
[2]
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/09/google-unveils-chrome-source-code-and-linux-port/
While today Chrome may be be based off of Chromium, originally
Chromium was based off of Chrome. Chrome is the original, Chromium is
the fork. I am correct as I stated exactly that. So I repeat again,
stop spreading lies and use fact and truth please. Thanks and have a
great day sir.
No, it works like this:
- Google releases Chrome (Closed source)
- Google open sources Chrome... mostly: parts are proprietary, so
they shuffle those into the closet and release most of it, shaped up
into working order and ready to accept their proprietary code. This new
open-source Chrome is called "Chromium" since "Google Chrome" is a
particular brand (it's the name of Google's browser)
- Chromium also runs on Linux, so Linux distributions package Chromium
- Google continues to work on Chromium and on their Chrome patch set,
releasing Chromium as source code and the Chrome browser as a compiled
product.
Chromium is just Google Chrome without some of Google's secrets.
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