One limitation is that you will need to abide by the licensing which is the Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2). See https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/FAQ/ questions 9 and 10 seem relevant. A lawyer familiar with open source would provide the best understand, as I am not a lawyer.
Kevin On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Nicholas Alexander <nalexan...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm CCing mobile-firefox-dev, which is the right mailing list to talk > about these things. Please ask questions on that list, so that I and > others can all respond. You should get faster, better answers! > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Shebin John <shebin.joh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Respected Sir, >> >> My name is Shebin John. I am currently pursuing my B.Tech Computer >> Science Engineering from Mangalam College of Engineering in Kerala, India. >> >> As part of learning android language, etc, we are building our own >> browser. As Firefox is an open source, we want to use the Firefox browser >> as the base for our android application. >> >> We have two questions for you: >> >> 1. Can we use your source code and edit it and publish it in android play >> store? Are there any kind of limitations? >> > > Absolutely! You can definitely use the Mozilla source, edit it, and > publish it to the Android Play store. The limitations are the standard > ones for using Firefox source code: you can't use Mozilla or Firefox's > name, branding, or other trade marks. Start at > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/licensing/. > > I know of one commercial organization that was, at one time, re-skinning > Firefox for Android into their product, so it can be done. > > >> 2. Can you please send us the files for the source code of Firefox >> android browser (from where we can download it) and how to set it up in the >> android studio for editing (any walkthrough or step by step guide)? >> > > Sure! Start with https://developer.mozilla.org/ > en-US/docs/Simple_Firefox_for_Android_build. > > >> Hope you find some time to give us a reply. >> > > Good luck! > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > mobile-firefox-dev mailing list > mobile-firefox-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev > >
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