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Google Open-Sources Chrome For iOS (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the affinity-for-open-source dept.

Google has uploaded its Chrome for iOS code into the open-source Chromium repository. In other words, Chrome for iOS has now been open-sourced like Chrome for other platforms, letting anyone examine, modify, and compile the project. From a report: Chromium is the open-source Web browser project that shares much of the same code as Google Chrome, and new features are often added there first. Google intended for Chromium to be the name of the open-source project, while the final product name would be Chrome, but developers have taken the code and released versions under the Chromium name. Eventually, many browser makers started using it as a starting point; Opera, for example, switched its browser base to Chromium in 2013. Since its inception, Chromium was a desktop-only affair. That changed in May 2015 with the open-sourcing of Chrome for Android.

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  1. Fake News Headline. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They released Chromium for iOS. They didn't open-source Chrome.

  2. Does it really matter? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

    As far as I know, all browsers on iOS must render using iOS' built-in Webkit.

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    1. Re:Does it really matter? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 2

      You can do whatever you want if you build it yourself and install it on your own iPhone / iPad.

      Of course, if you've only got the free developer certificate - I believe you'll need to recompile and reinstall it every seven days.

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  3. Actual repo link by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    Since it's not in the summary here is the repo link.

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  4. Re:What does this mean for Widevine? by omnichad · · Score: 2

    It means that Chromium and Chrome are not 100% identical - same as any and all proprietary code in Chrome (such as patent-restricted codecs). Bad headline, as I'm sure they released "Chromium" source.

  5. Nope by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    malware follows marketshare.

    That hasn't been true for iOS since inception. It's not just marketshare but weakness of the system.

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