Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Janairu 1998 kuma shine watan da Netscape ya fara aikin Mozilla na budewa. Netscape ya fito da lambar tushe ta Netscape Communicator 4.0 a fili tare da fatan cewa zai zama sanannen aikin buɗe tushen. Ya sanya wannan lambar a ƙarƙashin lasisin jama'a na Netscape, wanda yayi kama da GNU General Public License amma ya ba Netscape damar ci gaba da buga aikin mallaka wanda ke ƙunshe da lambar da aka saki a fili. Koyaya, bayan da aka saki lambar Communicator 4.0 ta wannan hanyar, Netscape ya ci gaba da aiki akan Communicator 4.5 wanda aka mai da hankali kan inganta imel da ayyukan kasuwanci. A ƙarshe ya zama a bayyane cewa mai bincike na Communicator 4.0 yana da wahalar haɓakawa, kuma an dakatar da haɓaka buɗe tushen akan wannan tushen lambar. Madadin haka, ci gaban buɗe tushen ya koma zuwa mai bincike na ƙarni na gaba wanda aka gina daga farko. Amfani da sabon injin shimfidawa na Gecko, wannan burauzar tana da tsarin tsari fiye da Communicator 4.0 kuma saboda haka, ya fi sauƙi a haɓaka tare da yawancin masu shirye-shirye. Har ila yau, ya haɗa da harshen mai amfani na XML mai suna XUL wanda ya ba da damar ci gaban mai amfani wanda ya gudana a kan Windows, Macintosh, da Unix. Taken wannan yunƙurin buɗe tushen, "Saki Lizard", yana ɗauke da abubuwan ban dariya na jima'i.  Tambaya: Mozilla ya kasance ainihin samfurin abin da sauran sananne web browser?
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