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I'm probably not the only one, but I have no idea where the separation between Chromium and Chrome actually is. Can anyone enlighten me as to where the separation really is? Is Chrome a fork of Chromium, is Chromium an upstream? I know they actively work together in a lot of ways but how exactly?

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http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ChromiumBrowserVsGoog...

Aside from the obvious - branding and stability - It's mainly the commercial stuff (MP3, PDF, Flash) which can't be distributed under Chromium's license.

Chromium is the open source project that powers Chrome, the browser. Chrome Canary is upstream of Chromium, which is an upstream of Chrome.

Not quite true -- Chrome Canary is just a daily build from the Chromium repository.

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