Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 18:07:32 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Christoph Toshok <toshok@Hungry.COM>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free netscape - good or bad ? Message-ID: <19980124180732.15519@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199801241642.DAA00335@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Jan 25, 1998 at 03:12:58AM %2B1030 References: <19980124172926.36408@follo.net> <199801241642.DAA00335@word.smith.net.au>
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On Sun, Jan 25, 1998 at 03:12:58AM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: > > (2) Netscape should be allowed to distribute libraries for linking to > > 3rd parties, without the 3rd party being required to distribute source > > code (or object files for linking as in the LGPL). This should > > include cases where people have contributed changes back to Netscape. > > (This is to allow competition with the embedded IE4). > > I'm not sure I parse you here; you are suggesting that libnetscape.so > should be subject to LGPL-style conditions? No, quite the opposite. I suggest that Netscape shouldn't be required to distribute under GPL or LGPL, even when they include changes they get from the rest of the world. Eivind.
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