From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 24 09:08:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA25794 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 09:08:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA25780 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 09:07:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA09806; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 17:07:32 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id SAA12404; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 18:07:32 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980124180732.15519@follo.net> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 18:07:32 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Mike Smith Cc: Eivind Eklund , Christoph Toshok , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free netscape - good or bad ? References: <19980124172926.36408@follo.net> <199801241642.DAA00335@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199801241642.DAA00335@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Jan 25, 1998 at 03:12:58AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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.