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Re: LYNX-DEV letting it all hang out
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David Combs |
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Re: LYNX-DEV letting it all hang out |
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Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:29:22 -0800 (PST) |
> From address@hidden Thu Jan 22 19:19:08 1998
> From: address@hidden (Philip Webb)
> Subject: LYNX-DEV letting it all hang out
>
> IN AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT MOVE, Netscape also will make its programming code
> -- which is normally jealously guarded by a software company --
> available on the Internet, so that independent programmers can modify
> and improve its browsers. The plan is to harness the technical expertise
> of thousands to accelerate the browser's development and to encourage
> customization by big corporate customers, Netscape executives said.
> Smith said it is a "brilliant" move, because Netscape does not have the cash
> and technical resources to compete in development with Microsoft:
> "They are gaining an army of unpaid software developers".
GOOD MOVE, NETSCAPE!!!!
Now, does that mean that lynx can COPY some of its
code and gnu-copyleft it?