Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Craig Sanders
On 23 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wrote: > > I doubt that the license will be compatible with the GPL. They will > > almost certainly demand an unrestricted license on all changes, and > > the talk of a "special site" makes me think that they will forbid > > unauthorized distribution of

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Jonathan Lawson
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:42:57 +1059 (EST) Craig Sanders wrote: > > ideas aren't copyrightable. > > ideas on how (and how NOT) to do things can be re-used at will. > Not quite so. There is something called intelectual property, which may encompass ideas Jonathan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread john
I wrote: > I doubt that the license will be compatible with the GPL. They will > almost certainly demand an unrestricted license on all changes, and > the talk of a "special site" makes me think that they will forbid > unauthorized distribution of derivatives. Craig Sanders writes: > ideas aren't

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Craig Sanders
On 22 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Craig Sanders writes: > > possibly re-use parts of netscape browser in mnemonic. and > > vice-versa. > > I doubt that the license will be compatible with the GPL. They will > almost certainly demand an unrestricted license on all changes, and > the talk o

Re: Again Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Joost Kooij wrote: > On 24 Jan 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > > jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Worst still, linux netscape (and presumably other unix versions) keep > > > resetting permissions on .netscape/bookmarks.html to 600, which means > > > that I can't

Re: Again Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Joost Kooij
On 24 Jan 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Worst still, linux netscape (and presumably other unix versions) keep > > resetting permissions on .netscape/bookmarks.html to 600, which means > > that I can't put symlink .netscape into ~/public_html and read my >

Re: Again Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Martin Bialasinski
jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Worst still, linux netscape (and presumably other unix versions) keep > resetting permissions on .netscape/bookmarks.html to 600, which means > that I can't put symlink .netscape into ~/public_html and read my > bookmarks when I travel. Does ln $HOME/.netscape/bo

Again Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread jim
Alexander Kushnirenko writes: > Sorry I made a typo in previous messoge. Sending in again. > > > I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of > > this. > > > 2. What features would you add to the browser? > > > I'm running Netscape on different computers, and whou

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of | this. | | What are the changes that you would make to the source code to make | the browser better? | | 2. What features would you add to the browser? I'd like the abili

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-24 Thread Hannu Koivisto
Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of | this. | | 1. What are the changes that you would make to the source code to make | the browser better? | | 2. What features would you add to the browser? I don't current

Again Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-23 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Sorry I made a typo in previous messoge. Sending in again. > I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of > this. > 2. What features would you add to the browser? > I'm running Netscape on different computers, and whould be glad to keep bookmark file just on ONE compute

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-23 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
> I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of > this. > 2. What features would you add to the browser? > I'm running Netscape on different computers, and whould be glad to keep bookmark file just on what computer, as sometimes it's difficult to syncronise them. Sorry

Fw: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-23 Thread Russ Cook
5)366-6520 x4237 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- > From: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User > Subject: Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0 > Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 5:53 PM > > I am curious to find out what folk

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-23 Thread john
Craig Sanders writes: > possibly re-use parts of netscape browser in mnemonic. and vice-versa. I doubt that the license will be compatible with the GPL. They will almost certainly demand an unrestricted license on all changes, and the talk of a "special site" makes me think that they will forbid

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-23 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of > this. > > 1. What are the changes that you would make to the source code to make > the browser better? the big one is port it to use GTK rather than Motif. but start off b

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-22 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
I am curious to find out what folks in the Debian community think of this. 1. What are the changes that you would make to the source code to make the browser better? 2. What features would you add to the browser? 3. Would a UN*X developer add a feature that is unix specific. Or would he / she a

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-22 Thread Stephen Zander
"Jaakko Niemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > YES! > > Did I read that correctly (It's going to be put under GPL)? > > Now GTK - version! Not GPL, GPL-like. very large difference! -- Stephen --- "Normality is a statistical illusion." -- me -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-22 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> Netscape Inc. has decided to release source code for "free redistribution >> and modification" for version 5.0, starting with the first beta later >> this quarter. YES! Did I read that correctly (It's going to be put under GPL)? Now GTK - version! --j -- TO UNSUBSCRI

Netscape releasing source code for 5.0

1998-01-22 Thread Will Lowe
Netscape Inc. has decided to release source code for "free redistribution and modification" for version 5.0, starting with the first beta later this quarter. Check out: http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease558.html?cp=nws01flh1 Wi