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1996-07-19 - Re: US versions of Netscape now available

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From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: jsw@netscape.com
Message Hash: 8d998e57ff2ad0ddf49b9ddb72cbdf471158bb1ed3d5d690528963b9f45a94c0
Message ID: <199607190709.IAA00119@server.test.net>
Reply To: <31EEEA3F.5015@netscape.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-19 12:17:40 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:17:40 +0800

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From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:17:40 +0800
To: jsw@netscape.com
Subject: Re: US versions of Netscape now available
In-Reply-To: <31EEEA3F.5015@netscape.com>
Message-ID: <199607190709.IAA00119@server.test.net>
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Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com> writes:
> Adam Back wrote:
> > Presumably as this latest netscape beta is freely distributable, once
> > it's out it will be on ftp.unimi.dsi.it, ftp.ox.ac.uk, etc, etc.
> 
>   Just a minor nit.  No netscape software is freely distributable.
> The license agreement does not allow people who download it
> to redistribute it.

Oh dear!  So I am incorrect... but wait, what about people like
sunsite northern europe (Imperial College London: ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk)
who already have a license to be a Netscape mirror site.  Would this
license allow them to distribute this latest 128 bit netscape beta
(were it to leak)?

Adam
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