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Re:User-agent string changes by mpyne on Saturday November 22, 2014 @10:38AM (#8645740)
Actually, KDE made KHTML (for the Konqueror web browser), which was then used by Apple to create and evolve WebKit, and you know the story from there. But KHTML wasn't just a code name for WebKit, it actually came from outside Apple.
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Re:User-agent string changes by Svip on Saturday November 22, 2014 @10:41AM (#8645745)
But KHTML always referred to itself as 'KHTML, like Gecko' to ensure people sniffing for Gecko would be displaying the same HTML for KHTML as Gecko. This is why 'Gecko' remains in all major browsers.

Edit: Apparently Internet Explorer also has 'like Gecko'.

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