Date: 24 Jan 1998 05:58:58 -0800 From: Christoph Toshok <toshok@Hungry.COM> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free netscape - good or bad ? Message-ID: <m2iuravuql.fsf@terror.hungry.com> In-Reply-To: mike@smith.net.au's message of 23 Jan 1998 17:35:11 -0800 References: <9801231816.AA10759@mlor.its.rpi.edu> <199801240124.LAA00356@word.smith.net.au>
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mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) writes: > > > I think it's a good move for Netscape. And to keep this somewhat > > relevent to the hackers mailing list, it will be certainly a good > > move for netscape on FreeBSD... :-) > > What *I'd* like to see/hear would be some commentary from the people > inside Netscape that are responsible for the current port. I responded to mike alone, accidentally, instead of the entire list. I alone am entirely to blame for the fact that there is a freebsd port. Well, me and the release guy that was kind enough to add it to the release builds :) > Given any sort of say in the matter, I would be asking them to take a > fairly active guiding role' as they are in an extremely important > bridging position. I must admit a fair amount of ignorance. You see, the news was sprung on me (as it was on everyone at netscape that even *knew*) not long the press release was made. Most of us are just as much in the dark as you are. One thing I *can* tell you is that the XFE people have long been working to release some sections of the navigator code (specifically the XFE widget library) for free. There is no shortage of people that want the same thing as you all. Now it's just a matter of convincing those people that will make the decision :) I'm more than willing to beat up on netscape people who are leaning towards a more restrictive license than the GPL. If any of you have contact with such people from, let me know. I'll be on the look out for them as well. Thanks, Chris
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