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Re: Netscape
At 07:41 AM 7/22/96 GMT, Dan Weinstein wrote:
>On Sat, 20 Jul 1996 18:13:45 -0800, jim bell <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>At 03:27 PM 7/20/96 -0700, Tom Weinstein wrote:
>>
>>>> Do you Seriously Believe that Netscape would prefer foreigners
>>>> to develop and use competing products? Of course not. They are
>>>> probably secretly applauding the brave exporters.
>>>
>>>You are wrong. We are worried that our permission to provide these
>>>products will be withdrawn.
>>
>>As far as I can tell, you need no "permission" to "provide these products",
>>at least domestically. The only restrictions that have been implied have
>>been over the delivery of encryption over the 'net, and even that is
>>questionable.
>>
>
>Then you need to read the license agreement:
>
>1. Netscape Communications Corporation ("Netscape") grants to you a
>non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, license to use this Beta version of
>the Netscape network navigator (the "Software"), in binary executable
>form for evaluation and trial use purposes only. THIS SOFTWARE
>CONTAINS CODE THAT DISABLES MOST OF ITS FEATURES AFTER SEPTEMBER 17,
>1996.
I don't know why you're quoting your own licensing agreement to me. When I
said, "you need no permission to provide these products," by "you" I was
referring to your company, Netscape. As in, you don't need the NSA's
permission to write and sell good crypto domestically, even if (arguably)
they can limit export.
Jim Bell
[email protected]