[jackinloadup]

I wish Opera would open source their presto engine. I'm guessing that isn't possible due to some licensing issues. Personally I find it unfortunate that all that amazing work will be lost. While I didn't use Opera due to it's proprietary nature, as a browser engine it was competitive for its time.

I'm having the same feeling now about the EdgeHTML engine which is now being fazed out. This engine was a breath of fresh air compared to trident. It was bringing value to the internet space.

Granted, I do realize there are perfectly valid business reasons Opera and Edge switched to chromium.

[superkuh]

There was a source leak a while back talked about here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13417307. I'm still seeding this torrent and you may find it elsewhere. http://superkuh.com/opera12v15presto-source.torrent

[sovok_x]

Opensource is not about having a source code but having a license to use it. You can easily get in trouble with them if you'll distribute your non-trival modifications otherwise.

[superkuh]

Only if you involve money. If you don't it's pretty safe.

[pbhjpbhj]

>I'm guessing that isn't possible due to some licensing issues. //

As in they're under a license agreement that prohibits open-sourcing?

Presumably unless it's specifically prohibited then they could release their code with holes where the licensed content goes, which would bump the problem up the chain to the next layer of owners and allow people to focus on them? Or let people adapt the codebase to work around the other libraries (or whatever)??

Opera did a lot for the web.

[sovok_x]

At this point the source is pretty much useless except for archival reasons or HTML support on low-end devices. It will require rewrite from the ground to adapt to modern tech. It did work well for its time but wasn't made for change architecturally as can be seen from the leaked code so any major upgrade will be difficult.

[mobilio]

Still love Presto and have copy of O12.16