Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:04:47 +1100 (EDT) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: AdamT@smginc.com (Adam Turoff) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, sef@kithrup.com Subject: Re: Mike Shaver: Netscape gives away source code for Communicator Message-ID: <199801230305.TAA19280@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <34C825ED@smginc.com> from "Adam Turoff" at Jan 22, 98 09:10:00 pm
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In some mail from Adam Turoff, sie said: > > > >Please bear in mind there is a good chance that it will be released > under a > > "for non-commercial use only" license, in which case it won't be able > to be on > > the freebsd cdrom. Still. > > Uh, no. According to the press announcement, the source is going out > under the GPL. They get the rights to see any new feature someone > comes up with and can't limit use of the source. Should be free to use > with the *BSD/Linux/etc. CDs. Not just that, but it will be possible to compile Netscape (finally!) for all those obscure ports such as hp300, etc. No longer is FreeBSD required to use a BSDI compatible browser, etc. Presuming you have motif, of course, to compile it with :-) Darren
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