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Netscape is going to release Communicator 5 under the GPL!

>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications 
>Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP - news) today announced bold plans to make the 
>source code for the next generation of its highly popular Netscape 
>Communicator client software available for free licensing on the 
>Internet. The company plans to post the source code beginning with the 
>first Netscape Communicator 5.0 developer release, expected by the end 
>of the first quarter of 1998. This aggressive move will enable Netscape 
>to harness the creative power of thousands of programmers on the 
>Internet by incorporating their best enhancements into future versions 
>of Netscape's software. This strategy is designed to accelerate 
>development and free distribution by Netscape of future high-quality 
>versions of Netscape Communicator to business customers and individuals, 
>further seeding the market for Netscape's enterprise solutions and 
>Netcenter business. 


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