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Only most—not all—source code is made available, and its use is governed by open source license agreements rather than being unrestricted.
Readers can access most of Chrome's source code at no charge, subject to the applicable open source license agreements at chrome://credits.
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"Most source code for Chrome is available free of charge under open source software license agreements at chrome://credits.Excerpt from Google's Chrome Terms of Service
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Only most—not all—source code is made available, and its use is governed by open source license agreements rather than being unrestricted.
Readers can access most of Chrome's source code at no charge, subject to the applicable open source license agreements at chrome://credits.
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