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Re: Netscape 5 will be GPL'ed
At 07:26 PM 1/26/98 -0800, Tom Weinstein wrote:
>Markus Kuhn wrote:
>> root wrote on 1998-01-23 01:29 UTC:
>>
>>> [Press Releases]
>>> http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease558.html?cp=nws01flh1
>>>
>>> NETSCAPE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO MAKE NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATOR SOURCE
>>> CODE AVAILABLE FREE ON THE NET
>>
>
>Don't hold your breath. We're still bound by US export regulations, so
>we won't be able to export crypto-relevant source code. We'll release what
>we can, but you probably won't be satisfied.
>
>Of course, there's always the option for some enterprising individuals
>outside the US to replace the missing pieces.
Or you can print those sections in a book and let some enterprising
foreigners OCR scan them.