Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 14:50:14 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Joel N. Weber II) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, garycorc@idt.net, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Complaining at Warner Brothers? Message-ID: <199706150520.OAA02232@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199706150504.BAA09987@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from "Joel N. Weber II" at "Jun 15, 97 01:04:56 am"
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Joel N. Weber II stands accused of saying: > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:03:32 -0700 > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> > > One good reason that they shouldn't be confused is that FreeBSD > supports any number of helpers but NO plug-ins due to the fact that, > well, Netscape hasn't availed themselves of our dlfoo() routines and > BSDI's shared library interface SUCKS with a capital S. > > It seems to me that this is a place where you could benefit significantly > if Netscape were free in terms of freedom and not merely price. > > (In other words, if Netscape used something like GPL or BSD license, > you could actually fix this instead of complaining.) > You're telling _us_ this? Both Jordan and I (and probably others) have offered to maintain a FreeBSD netscape for free, but Netscape co. have never taken us up on it... -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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