From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 24 15:55:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24135 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 15:55:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp6.portal.net.au [202.12.71.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24124 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 15:55:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00327; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:18:16 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801242348.KAA00327@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Eivind Eklund cc: Christoph Toshok , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free netscape - good or bad ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Jan 1998 18:07:32 BST." <19980124180732.15519@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:18:14 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk (Christoph, should I keep you cc'd, or are you on -hackers?) > > 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. Hmm. I'm not sure how I feel about that one. On the one hand, it would leave Netscape free to cull the best of the changes made. On the other, would it imply that if I were to drop some of my hot new technology into the Navigator and start offering it, I would also have to give it, gratis, to Netscape? I guess the answer depends on whether Netscape want to see lots of Navigator-based offshoots hitting the market. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\