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=== Forking by Google === On April 3, 2013, Google announced that it would produce a fork of WebKit's WebCore component, to be named [[Blink (layout engine)|Blink]]. Chrome's developers decided on the fork to allow greater freedom in implementing WebCore's features in the browser without causing conflicts upstream, and to allow simplifying its codebase by removing code for WebCore components unused by Chrome. In relation to [[Opera Software]]'s announcement earlier in the year that it would switch to WebKit by means of the [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] codebase, it was confirmed that the [[Opera (web browser)|Opera web browser]] would also switch to Blink.<ref name=ars-blink>{{cite web|title=Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine|date=April 3, 2013|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-going-its-own-way-forking-webkit-rendering-engine/|publisher=Ars Technica|access-date=April 4, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404014119/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-going-its-own-way-forking-webkit-rendering-engine/|archive-date=April 4, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Following the announcement, WebKit developers began discussions on removing Chrome-specific code from the engine to streamline its codebase.<ref name=h-webkitchrome>{{cite web|title=WebKit developers planning Chromium extraction|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/WebKit-developers-planning-Chromium-extraction-1835224.html|publisher=The H|access-date=April 9, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407033029/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/WebKit-developers-planning-Chromium-extraction-1835224.html|archive-date=April 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> WebKit no longer has any Chrome specific code (e.g., buildsystem, V8 JavaScript engine hooks, platform code, etc.).{{Citation needed|date=January 2024|reason=provide a link to release notes, official blog post or similar confirming this}}
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