Mozilla 5.0 to include Gnus

Mozilla 5.0 to include Gnus

[Yeoh Yiu]

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Netscape just announced that they're going to release the source code 
to Communicator 5.0 with a license that allows modification and 
redistribution "in the heritage of the GNU Public License."  No 
details on the specific license yet, but it sounds *very* hopeful.

The point is... we *will* be able to add all the funky new features 
we want.  Complaining about the browser will no longer be acceptable 
now that we will be able to *do* something about it.  It also means 
that Microsoft will get to compete head-to-head with a real free 
software model.  This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate what 
the free software model can do.  I can already envision non-Netscape 
"distributions," custom browser modifications for big customers, etc.

More info here:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980122/ca_netscap_3.html
http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/980122/business/stories/netscape_1.html
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980122.ehnetcode.htm

Re: Mozilla 5.0 to include Gnus

[Lars Balker Rasmussen]

Yeoh Yiu <squid@panix.com> writes:
> The point is... we *will* be able to add all the funky new features 
> we want.  

You missplet "remove".  HTH.  HAND.
-- 
Lars Balker Rasmussen, Software Engineer, Mjolner Informatics ApS
lbr@mjolner.dk

Re: Mozilla 5.0 to include Gnus

[Russ Allbery]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> Chances are, though, that it will become so heinously bloated that I
> will continue to use my hacked 3.03 images.

Let's just fix it.

I've already posted to gnu.misc.discuss that I'm actively interested in
being part of some sort of general development effort aimed at a free
Netscape.  One of the things that should happen is that nearly all of the
additional bulk should be compile-time options.

(This is probably not on-topic for this list; additional comments will be
moved to other fora.)

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)         <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>