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Netscape building their new open-source license on Linux'!
From: bruce@debian.novare.net
Subject: Netscape turns to Debian for Licensing Guidance!
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 09:23:38 GMT
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When Netscape decided to make their client software free, they
used the Debian Free Software Guidelines for a guide on how to
write their license. You can find the draft Netscape license at
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ . This is a historic day for us, since it
means that "Mozilla" (Netscape Communicator) will eventually be in the
"main" part of Debian and all Linux systems, not the "non-free" section
any longer!
A link to a Netscape press release (containing a quote of yours truly)
can be found at http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease579.html.
The Debian Social Contract and licensing guidelines are at
http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html . A web page on the
Open Source promotional program for free software can be found at
http://www.opensource.org/ .
There is work yet to be done - a few license bug-lets will be resolved
within the next few days, and once the source code is released there are
some parts that Netscape does not own that will probably have to be
replaced with free software.
Thanks
Bruce Perens