From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 22 20:53:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA27134 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:53:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.webspan.net (root@mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA27110; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:53:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from opsys@mail.webspan.net) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with SMTP id XAA04654; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 23:51:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 23:53:17 -0500 (EST) From: Open Systems Networking X-Sender: opsys@orion.webspan.net To: Marc Slemko cc: Warner Losh , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mike Shaver: Netscape gives away source code for Communicator In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Marc Slemko wrote: > I would be suprised if they used the GPL as is. It is also true > that the freely available source part of this announcement is > nothing more than hype until it is done. "building on the heritage" > could mean allowing somewhat similar things yet "building" a _new_ > licence. I read it the same as you, and was just going back to read NETSCAPES FAQ again to make sure i read it right. The only place i saw reference to it using the GPL was in one of the many online news resources, either in wired, or tech web, etc.. But netscapes actual FAQ states that as you said above, it will be released on a license SIMILAR to GPL, But that the licensing won't be finalized until 5.0 is out. According to the FAQ anyway. And i'm guessing they stated GPL simply because it's probably more well known than saying "BSD license", or "Insert favorite license here". We won't know for sure until 5.0 is out though. -- ===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. FreeBSD 2.2.5 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 -----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzPemUsAAAEH/06iF0BU8pMtdLJrxp/lLk3vg9QJCHajsd25gYtR8X1Px1Te gWU0C4EwMh4seDIgK9bzFmjjlZOEgS9zEgia28xDgeluQjuuMyUFJ58MzRlC2ONC foYIZsFyIqdjEOCBdfhH5bmgB5/+L5bjDK6lNdqD8OAhtC4Xnc1UxAKq3oUgVD/Z d5UJXU2xm+f08WwGZIUcbGcaonRC/6Z/5o8YpLVBpcFeLtKW5WwGhEMxl9WDZ3Kb NZH6bx15WiB2Q/gZQib3ZXhe1xEgRP+p6BnvF364I/To9kMduHpJKU97PH3dU7Mv CXk2NG3rtOgLTEwLyvtBPqLnbx35E0JnZc0k5YkABRO0JU9wZW4gU3lzdGVtcyA8 b3BzeXNAb3Blbi1zeXN0ZW1zLm5ldD4= =BBjp -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----