Mozilla announced on Tuesday its acquisition of Pocket, an app that helps readers manage a reading list from internet sources. As the company owns the app, it is expected to do an audit of its code anytime soon.

The full audit would help Mozilla check any possible license encumbrances or other issues that are usually being faced by open-sourcing. However, the company reportedly refused to divulge its timeline for this endeavor.

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As Mozilla acquired Pocket, reports revealed that the latter would continue the way it has functioned since its emancipation a number of years ago. This means that internet users would still have an ally in the app for the articles and materials that they would like to read later.

"In working closely with Pocket over the last year around the integration within Firefox, we developed a shared vision and belief in the opportunity to do more together that has led to Pocket joining Mozilla today," the company said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Pocket founder Nate Weiner shared that "there's still lots to do in bringing Pocket into the fold on different platforms, like mobile."

With the acquisition, Pocket would no longer just be a plug-in. Instead, it would become an integrated app into the Mozilla platforms already.

As explained, Pocket allows users to save long articles without the irritating ads and formatting bothering them by just hitting a button.  Previously known as Read It Later, the app is in competition with Evernote, Instapaper, Readability and Apple's Reading List.

In the meantime, the acquisition of Pocket would mean that Mozilla now has the opportunity to produce a "lite version" of its mobile browser. The company owns the internet browser Firefox and email client Thunderbird.