The { -brand-name-mozilla } project was founded in San Francisco in 1998, when the { -brand-name-netscape } browser made the radical decision to give away its program code to the public to build on and improve. At that time, one company had a virtual monopoly on how people experienced the internet.
Sefydlwyd project { -brand-name-mozilla } yn San Francisco yn 1998, pan wnaeth porwr { -brand-name-netscape } y penderfyniad radical i roi cod ei raglen i'r cyhoedd i adeiladu arno a'i wella. Bryd hynny, roedd gan un cwmni fonopoli llawn ar brofiad pobl o'r rhyngrwyd.