Mozdev.org
Encyclopedia
mozdev.org is a website that offers free project hosting and software development tools to the Mozilla
community. Many Firefox
extensions are hosted on the site, but Thunderbird
and SeaMonkey
extensions and stand-alone Mozilla-based applications can also be found. It is free to set up a project there, but all development must be done using a license approved by the OSI
. Over 250 projects are currently under active development on Mozdev. The site is run by the non-profit Mozdev Community Organization.
The Mozdev FAQ explains the differences between mozilla.org and mozdev.org as follows:
Mozilla
Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
community. Many Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...
extensions are hosted on the site, but Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser...
and SeaMonkey
SeaMonkey
SeaMonkey is a free and open source cross-platform Internet suite. It is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code...
extensions and stand-alone Mozilla-based applications can also be found. It is free to set up a project there, but all development must be done using a license approved by the OSI
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting open source software.The organization was founded in February 1998, by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond, prompted by Netscape Communications Corporation publishing the source code for its flagship Netscape Communicator product...
. Over 250 projects are currently under active development on Mozdev. The site is run by the non-profit Mozdev Community Organization.
The Mozdev FAQ explains the differences between mozilla.org and mozdev.org as follows:
Q: What is the difference between mozilla.org and mozdev.org?
A: mozilla.org provides a lot of the same development tools and resources as Mozdev does (including bugzilla, cvs hosting and newsgroups), but the focus of the two sites are on different things. The mozilla.org site is where the core Mozilla source code is developed. The projects hosted on Mozdev create applications and extensions that are based on top of that source code. For example, Firefox and Thunderbird are developed by mozilla.org and a large number of projects on Mozdev create extensions for these applications.
Further reading
- David Boswell, Creating applications with Mozilla, O'Reilly MediaO'Reilly MediaO'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
, 2002, ISBN 0596000529