diff --git a/android_webview/BUILD.gn b/android_webview/BUILD.gn
index c686e6b8b4346d..70490754eeca9d 100644
--- a/android_webview/BUILD.gn
+++ b/android_webview/BUILD.gn
@@ -191,11 +191,7 @@ android_assets("pak_file_assets") {
 # These assets are needed by both monochrome and stand alone WebView, but not by
 # Chrome.
 android_assets("monochrome_webview_assets") {
-  sources = [
-    webview_license_path,
-  ]
   deps = [
-    ":generate_webview_license_notice",
     "//third_party/icu:icu_assets",
     "//v8:v8_external_startup_data_assets",
   ]
diff --git a/android_webview/apk/BUILD.gn b/android_webview/apk/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a846f82f1a5151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android_webview/apk/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import("//build/config/android/rules.gni")
+
+# Since Monochrome has its own content provider, these two files are put
+# in two different targets.
+android_library("webview_license_provider_java") {
+  java_files = [ "//android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java" ]
+}
+
+android_library("webview_license_activity_java") {
+  java_files = [ "//android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java" ]
+}
diff --git a/android_webview/glue/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java b/android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java
similarity index 72%
rename from android_webview/glue/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java
rename to android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java
index 7607a94e3794d3..7427d0d1f662a4 100644
--- a/android_webview/glue/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java
+++ b/android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java
@@ -17,18 +17,20 @@
  * other than LicenseContentProvider.
  */
 public class LicenseActivity extends Activity {
+    private static final String LICENSES_URI_SUFFIX = "LicenseContentProvider/webview_licenses";
+    private static final String LICENSES_CONTENT_TYPE = "text/html";
+
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         final String packageName = getPackageName();
         final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
-        final String licenseUri = String.format("content://%s.%s",
-                packageName, LicenseContentProvider.LICENSES_URI_SUFFIX);
-        intent.setDataAndType(
-                Uri.parse(licenseUri), LicenseContentProvider.LICENSES_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        final String licenseUri =
+                String.format("content://%s.%s", packageName, LICENSES_URI_SUFFIX);
+        intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(licenseUri), LICENSES_CONTENT_TYPE);
         intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
-        final int titleId = getResources().getIdentifier(
-                "license_activity_title", "string", packageName);
+        final int titleId =
+                getResources().getIdentifier("license_activity_title", "string", packageName);
         if (titleId != 0) {
             intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, getString(titleId));
         }
diff --git a/android_webview/glue/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java b/android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
similarity index 95%
rename from android_webview/glue/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
rename to android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
index 0571e7cb49f941..ef2dd2f56d1392 100644
--- a/android_webview/glue/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
+++ b/android_webview/apk/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ public String getType(Uri uri) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String where,
-                      String[] whereArgs) {
+    public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String where, String[] whereArgs) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
@@ -84,8 +83,8 @@ public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection,
-                        String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder) {
+    public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs,
+            String sortOrder) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android_webview/glue/BUILD.gn b/android_webview/glue/BUILD.gn
index ab529541f9bea2..b1147387350047 100644
--- a/android_webview/glue/BUILD.gn
+++ b/android_webview/glue/BUILD.gn
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ android_library("glue") {
     "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/DrawGLFunctor.java",
     "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/GeolocationPermissionsAdapter.java",
     "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/GraphicsUtils.java",
-    "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseActivity.java",
-    "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java",
     "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/MonochromeLibraryPreloader.java",
     "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/ServiceWorkerClientAdapter.java",
     "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/ServiceWorkerControllerAdapter.java",
diff --git a/chrome/android/chrome_public_apk_tmpl.gni b/chrome/android/chrome_public_apk_tmpl.gni
index 6998087442f2c6..566de377fead41 100644
--- a/chrome/android/chrome_public_apk_tmpl.gni
+++ b/chrome/android/chrome_public_apk_tmpl.gni
@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ template("monochrome_public_apk_tmpl") {
     }
     deps += [
       "//android_webview:monochrome_webview_assets",
+      "//android_webview/apk:webview_license_activity_java",
       "//android_webview/glue",
       "//chrome/android:chrome_public_non_pak_assets",
       "//chrome/android:monochrome_pak_assets",
+      "//chrome/android/monochrome:monochrome_license_provider_java",
     ]
 
     if (!is_java_debug) {
diff --git a/chrome/android/monochrome/BUILD.gn b/chrome/android/monochrome/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2553c5d7c13f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/android/monochrome/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import("//build/config/android/rules.gni")
+
+android_library("monochrome_license_provider_java") {
+  java_files =
+      [ "java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java" ]
+
+  deps = [
+    "//base:base_java",
+    "//chrome/android:chrome_java",
+    "//components/about_ui/android:aboutui_java",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/chrome/android/monochrome/java/DEPS b/chrome/android/monochrome/java/DEPS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..69fc97884b55f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/android/monochrome/java/DEPS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include_rules = [
+  "+components/about_ui/android/java",
+]
diff --git a/chrome/android/monochrome/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java b/chrome/android/monochrome/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5bc5c683583cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrome/android/monochrome/java/src/com/android/webview/chromium/LicenseContentProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package com.android.webview.chromium;
+
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
+import android.content.ContentProvider;
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import org.chromium.base.ThreadUtils;
+import org.chromium.base.library_loader.ProcessInitException;
+import org.chromium.chrome.browser.init.ChromeBrowserInitializer;
+import org.chromium.components.aboutui.CreditUtils;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Content provider for the OSS licenses file.
+ */
+@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
+public class LicenseContentProvider
+        extends ContentProvider implements ContentProvider.PipeDataWriter<String> {
+    public static final String LICENSES_URI_SUFFIX = "LicenseContentProvider/webview_licenses";
+    public static final String LICENSES_CONTENT_TYPE = "text/html";
+    private static final String TAG = "LicenseCP";
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onCreate() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ParcelFileDescriptor openFile(Uri uri, String mode) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        if (uri != null && uri.toString().endsWith(LICENSES_URI_SUFFIX)) {
+            return openPipeHelper(null, null, null, "webview_licenses.notice", this);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeDataToPipe(
+            ParcelFileDescriptor output, Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts, String filename) {
+        try (OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(output.getFileDescriptor());) {
+            ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    try {
+                        ChromeBrowserInitializer.getInstance(getContext())
+                                .handleSynchronousStartup();
+                    } catch (ProcessInitException e) {
+                        Log.e(TAG, "Fail to initialize the Chrome Browser.", e);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            out.write(CreditUtils.nativeGetJavaWrapperCredits());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Failed to write the license file", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType(Uri uri) {
+        if (uri != null && uri.toString().endsWith(LICENSES_URI_SUFFIX)) {
+            return LICENSES_CONTENT_TYPE;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String where, String[] whereArgs) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int delete(Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs,
+            String sortOrder) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chrome/browser/ui/BUILD.gn b/chrome/browser/ui/BUILD.gn
index 9dff41e6e3ae99..11a6a60d10d9dd 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/ui/BUILD.gn
+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/BUILD.gn
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ split_static_library("ui") {
     "//chrome/common:instant_mojom",
     "//chrome/common/net",
     "//chrome/installer/util:with_no_strings",
+    "//components/about_ui",
     "//components/app_modal",
     "//components/autofill/content/browser:risk_proto",
     "//components/autofill/core/browser",
diff --git a/chrome/browser/ui/webui/DEPS b/chrome/browser/ui/webui/DEPS
index e54b94adcde4fc..f866a1e74fc4f9 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/ui/webui/DEPS
+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/webui/DEPS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include_rules = [
+  "+components/about_ui"
   "+components/invalidation",
   "+components/onc",
   "+components/proximity_auth",
diff --git a/chrome/browser/ui/webui/about_ui.cc b/chrome/browser/ui/webui/about_ui.cc
index 671826764f4e48..1216a0739d3be3 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/ui/webui/about_ui.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/webui/about_ui.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "chrome/grit/browser_resources.h"
 #include "chrome/grit/chromium_strings.h"
 #include "chrome/grit/generated_resources.h"
+#include "components/about_ui/credit_utils.h"
 #include "components/grit/components_resources.h"
 #include "components/strings/grit/components_locale_settings.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/browser_thread.h"
@@ -691,32 +692,14 @@ void AboutUIHTMLSource::StartDataRequest(
       idr = IDR_KEYBOARD_UTILS_JS;
 #endif
 
-    base::StringPiece raw_response =
-        ResourceBundle::GetSharedInstance().GetRawDataResource(idr);
     if (idr == IDR_ABOUT_UI_CREDITS_HTML) {
-      const uint8_t* next_encoded_byte =
-          reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(raw_response.data());
-      size_t input_size_remaining = raw_response.size();
-      BrotliDecoderState* decoder =
-          BrotliDecoderCreateInstance(nullptr /* no custom allocator */,
-                                      nullptr /* no custom deallocator */,
-                                      nullptr /* no custom memory handle */);
-      CHECK(!!decoder);
-      while (!BrotliDecoderIsFinished(decoder)) {
-        size_t output_size_remaining = 0;
-        CHECK(BrotliDecoderDecompressStream(
-                  decoder, &input_size_remaining, &next_encoded_byte,
-                  &output_size_remaining, nullptr,
-                  nullptr) != BROTLI_DECODER_RESULT_ERROR);
-        const uint8_t* output_buffer =
-            BrotliDecoderTakeOutput(decoder, &output_size_remaining);
-        response.insert(response.end(), output_buffer,
-                        output_buffer + output_size_remaining);
-      }
-      BrotliDecoderDestroyInstance(decoder);
+      response = about_ui::GetCredits(true /*include_scripts*/);
     } else {
-      response = raw_response.as_string();
+      response = ResourceBundle::GetSharedInstance()
+                     .GetRawDataResource(idr)
+                     .as_string();
     }
+
 #if defined(OS_WIN) || defined(OS_MACOSX) || defined(OS_LINUX)
   } else if (source_name_ == chrome::kChromeUIDiscardsHost) {
     response = AboutDiscards(path);
diff --git a/components/about_ui/BUILD.gn b/components/about_ui/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b1b59494a3873a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+static_library("about_ui") {
+  sources = [
+    "credit_utils.cc",
+    "credit_utils.h",
+  ]
+  deps = [
+    "//base",
+    "//components/resources:components_resources",
+    "//third_party/brotli:dec",
+    "//ui/base",
+    "//ui/resources",
+  ]
+
+  if (is_android) {
+    deps += [ "//components/about_ui/android:about_ui_jni_headers" ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/about_ui/DEPS b/components/about_ui/DEPS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..72b42ddc984fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/DEPS
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+include_rules = [
+  "+components/grit/components_resources.h",
+  "+jni",
+  "+third_party/brotli",
+  "+ui/base",
+]
diff --git a/components/about_ui/android/BUILD.gn b/components/about_ui/android/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7e82547127eab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/android/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+import("//build/config/android/rules.gni")
+
+generate_jni("about_ui_jni_headers") {
+  sources = [
+    "java/src/org/chromium/components/aboutui/CreditUtils.java",
+  ]
+  jni_package = "components/about_ui"
+}
+
+android_library("aboutui_java") {
+  java_files = [ "java/src/org/chromium/components/aboutui/CreditUtils.java" ]
+  deps = [
+    "//base:base_java",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/components/about_ui/android/OWNERS b/components/about_ui/android/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d99c934847cb76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/android/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+agrieve@chromium.org
+torne@chromium.org
diff --git a/components/about_ui/android/java/src/org/chromium/components/aboutui/CreditUtils.java b/components/about_ui/android/java/src/org/chromium/components/aboutui/CreditUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b2be4adb04b4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/android/java/src/org/chromium/components/aboutui/CreditUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package org.chromium.components.aboutui;
+
+import org.chromium.base.annotations.JNINamespace;
+
+/** Credits-related utilities. */
+@JNINamespace("about_ui")
+public class CreditUtils {
+    private CreditUtils() {}
+
+    /** Returns a string containing the content of about_credits.html. */
+    public static native byte[] nativeGetJavaWrapperCredits();
+}
diff --git a/components/about_ui/credit_utils.cc b/components/about_ui/credit_utils.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..238512d62ef869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/credit_utils.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "components/about_ui/credit_utils.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
+#include "components/grit/components_resources.h"
+#include "third_party/brotli/include/brotli/decode.h"
+#include "ui/base/resource/resource_bundle.h"
+
+#if defined(OS_ANDROID)
+#include "base/android/jni_array.h"
+#include "jni/CreditUtils_jni.h"
+#endif
+
+namespace about_ui {
+
+std::string GetCredits(bool include_scripts) {
+  std::string response;
+  base::StringPiece raw_response =
+      ResourceBundle::GetSharedInstance().GetRawDataResource(
+          IDR_ABOUT_UI_CREDITS_HTML);
+  const uint8_t* next_encoded_byte =
+      reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(raw_response.data());
+  size_t input_size_remaining = raw_response.size();
+  BrotliDecoderState* decoder = BrotliDecoderCreateInstance(
+      nullptr /* no custom allocator */, nullptr /* no custom deallocator */,
+      nullptr /* no custom memory handle */);
+  CHECK(!!decoder);
+  while (!BrotliDecoderIsFinished(decoder)) {
+    size_t output_size_remaining = 0;
+    CHECK(BrotliDecoderDecompressStream(
+              decoder, &input_size_remaining, &next_encoded_byte,
+              &output_size_remaining, nullptr,
+              nullptr) != BROTLI_DECODER_RESULT_ERROR);
+    const uint8_t* output_buffer =
+        BrotliDecoderTakeOutput(decoder, &output_size_remaining);
+    response.insert(response.end(), output_buffer,
+                    output_buffer + output_size_remaining);
+  }
+  BrotliDecoderDestroyInstance(decoder);
+  if (include_scripts) {
+    response +=
+        "\n<script src=\"chrome://resources/js/cr.js\"></script>\n"
+        "<script src=\"chrome://credits/credits.js\"></script>\n";
+  }
+  response += "</body>\n</html>";
+  return response;
+}
+
+#if defined(OS_ANDROID)
+static base::android::ScopedJavaLocalRef<jbyteArray> GetJavaWrapperCredits(
+    JNIEnv* env,
+    const base::android::JavaParamRef<jclass>& clazz) {
+  std::string html_content = GetCredits(false);
+  const char* html_content_arr = html_content.c_str();
+  return base::android::ToJavaByteArray(
+      env, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(html_content_arr),
+      html_content.size());
+}
+
+// The RegisterNativesImpl is a static function, so has to be called somewhere.
+bool RegisterAboutUIUtils(JNIEnv* env) {
+  return RegisterNativesImpl(env);
+}
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace about_ui
diff --git a/components/about_ui/credit_utils.h b/components/about_ui/credit_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2bc934547a8183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/about_ui/credit_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef COMPONENTS_ABOUT_UI_CREDIT_UTILS_H_
+#define COMPONENTS_ABOUT_UI_CREDIT_UTILS_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace about_ui {
+
+// Decode a Brotli compressed HTML license file and attach .js files.
+std::string GetCredits(bool include_scripts);
+
+}  // namespace about_ui
+
+#endif  // COMPONENTS_ABOUT_UI_CREDIT_UTILS_H_
diff --git a/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.js b/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.js
index d01ffb6851410d..3339a7e591784c 100644
--- a/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.js
+++ b/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.js
@@ -2,56 +2,18 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-properties */
 function $(id) { return document.getElementById(id); }
-
-function toggle(o) {
-  var licence = o.nextSibling;
-
-  while (licence.className != 'licence') {
-    if (!licence) return false;
-    licence = licence.nextSibling;
-  }
-
-  if (licence.style && licence.style.display == 'block') {
-    licence.style.display = 'none';
-    o.textContent = 'show license';
-  } else {
-    licence.style.display = 'block';
-    o.textContent = 'hide license';
-  }
-  return false;
-}
+/* eslint-enable no-restricted-properties */
 
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
-  var licenseEls = [].slice.call(document.getElementsByClassName('product'));
-
-  licenseEls.sort(function(a, b) {
-    var nameA = a.getElementsByClassName('title')[0].textContent;
-    var nameB = b.getElementsByClassName('title')[0].textContent;
-    if (nameA < nameB) return -1;
-    if (nameA > nameB) return 1;
-    return 0;
-  });
-
-  var parentEl = licenseEls[0].parentNode;
-  parentEl.innerHTML = '';
-  for (var i = 0; i < licenseEls.length; i++) {
-    parentEl.appendChild(licenseEls[i]);
-  }
-
-  document.body.hidden = false;
-
   if (cr.isChromeOS) {
     var keyboardUtils = document.createElement('script');
     keyboardUtils.src = 'chrome://credits/keyboard_utils.js';
     document.body.appendChild(keyboardUtils);
   }
 
-  var links = document.querySelectorAll('a.show');
-  for (var i = 0; i < links.length; ++i) {
-    links[i].onclick = function() { return toggle(this); };
-  }
-
+  $('print-link').hidden = false;
   $('print-link').onclick = function() {
     window.print();
     return false;
diff --git a/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.tmpl b/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.tmpl
index fc4fc965ac9ecb..5aa5c9b7f7bb26 100644
--- a/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.tmpl
+++ b/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits.tmpl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
 <title>Credits</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="chrome://resources/css/text_defaults.css">
 <style>
@@ -28,17 +29,20 @@ body {
   margin: 3px;
 }
 .product .homepage {
+  color: blue;
   float: right;
   margin: 3px;
   text-align: right;
 }
-.product .homepage::after {
+.product .homepage::before {
   content: " - ";
 }
 .product .show {
+  color: blue;
   float: right;
   margin: 3px;
   text-align: right;
+  text-decoration: underline;
 }
 .licence {
   background-color: #e8eef7;
@@ -57,15 +61,23 @@ body {
 .dialog .homepage {
   display: none;
 }
+input + label + div {
+  display: none;
+}
+input + label::after {
+  content: "show license";
+}
+input:checked + label + div {
+  display: block;
+}
+input:checked + label::after {
+  content: "hide license";
+}
 </style>
         <style>
          .commit-tease,
          .user-profile-mini-avatar,
          .avatar,
          .vcard-details,
          .signup-prompt-bg {
            display: none !IMPORTANT;
          }
        </style>
         <script>
          document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
            this.querySelectorAll('a').forEach(anchor => {
              anchor.addEventListener('click', e => {
                e.preventDefault();

                const redact = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('redact');
                const hasExistingParams = anchor.href.includes('?');
                window.location.href = anchor.href + (hasExistingParams ? `&redact=${redact}` : `?redact=${redact}`);
              });
            });
          });
        </script>
 </head>
-<body hidden>
+<body>
 <span class="page-title" style="float:left;">Credits</span>
-<a id="print-link" href="#" style="float:right;">Print</a>
+<a id="print-link" href="#" style="float:right;" hidden>Print</a>
 <div style="clear:both; overflow:auto;"><!-- Chromium <3s the following projects -->
 {{entries}}
 </div>
-<script src="chrome://resources/js/cr.js"></script>
-<script src="chrome://credits/credits.js"></script>
-</body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits_entry.tmpl b/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits_entry.tmpl
index d1810cd9402945..51aa4685dd4068 100644
--- a/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits_entry.tmpl
+++ b/components/about_ui/resources/about_credits_entry.tmpl
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <div class="product">
 <span class="title">{{name}}</span>
-<a class="show" href="#">show license</a>
 <span class="homepage"><a href="{{url}}">homepage</a></span>
+<input type="checkbox" hidden id="{{id}}">
+<label class="show" for="{{id}}"></label>
 <div class="licence">
 <pre>{{license}}</pre>
 </div>
 </div>
-
diff --git a/tools/licenses.py b/tools/licenses.py
index bf0b53bc9c313b..ec63ff4c113634 100755
--- a/tools/licenses.py
+++ b/tools/licenses.py
@@ -555,6 +555,19 @@ def EvaluateTemplate(template, env, escape=True):
             template = template.replace('{{%s}}' % key, val)
         return template
 
+    def MetadataToTemplateEntry(metadata, entry_template, entry_id):
+        env = {
+            'name': metadata['Name'],
+            'url': metadata['URL'],
+            'license': open(metadata['License File'], 'rb').read(),
+            'id': str(entry_id),
+        }
+        return {
+            'name': metadata['Name'],
+            'content': EvaluateTemplate(entry_template, env),
+            'license_file': metadata['License File'],
+        }
+
     if gn_target:
         third_party_dirs = FindThirdPartyDeps(gn_out_dir, gn_target)
 
@@ -575,7 +588,17 @@ def EvaluateTemplate(template, env, escape=True):
                                            'about_credits_entry.tmpl')
 
     entry_template = open(entry_template_file).read()
+    entry_id = 0
     entries = []
+    # Start from Chromium's LICENSE file
+    chromium_license_metadata = {
+        'Name': 'The Chromium Project',
+        'URL': 'http://www.chromium.org',
+        'License File': os.path.join(_REPOSITORY_ROOT, 'LICENSE') }
+    entries.append(MetadataToTemplateEntry(chromium_license_metadata,
+        entry_template, entry_id))
+    entry_id += 1
+
     for path in third_party_dirs:
         try:
             metadata = ParseDir(path, _REPOSITORY_ROOT)
@@ -592,22 +615,11 @@ def EvaluateTemplate(template, env, escape=True):
             # updated to provide --gn-target to this script.
             if path in KNOWN_NON_IOS_LIBRARIES:
                 continue
-        env = {
-            'name': metadata['Name'],
-            'url': metadata['URL'],
-            'license': open(metadata['License File'], 'rb').read(),
-        }
-        entry = {
-            'name': metadata['Name'],
-            'content': EvaluateTemplate(entry_template, env),
-            'license_file': metadata['License File'],
-        }
-        entries.append(entry)
-    # Sort by size in order to improve gzip compression ratio (puts similar
-    # licenses near each other). The licenses are re-sorted by the JavaScript
-    # when loaded.
-    entries.sort(key=lambda entry: (len(entry['content']),
-                                    entry['name'], entry['content']))
+        entries.append(MetadataToTemplateEntry(metadata, entry_template,
+            entry_id))
+        entry_id += 1
+
+    entries.sort(key=lambda entry: (entry['name'], entry['content']))
 
     entries_contents = '\n'.join([entry['content'] for entry in entries])
     file_template = open(file_template_file).read()