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1998-01-27 - Re: Netscape 5 will be GPL’ed

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
To: tomw@netscape.com
Message Hash: adb723390c058d374adadba5f448243e482bd29dd8c77990eb08eddf569dee1f
Message ID: <199801271453.PAA17516@basement.replay.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-01-27 15:03:15 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:03:15 +0800

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:03:15 +0800
To: tomw@netscape.com
Subject: Re: Netscape 5 will be GPL'ed
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At 07:26 PM 1/26/98 -0800, Tom Weinstein  wrote:
>Markus Kuhn wrote:
>> root wrote on 1998-01-23 01:29 UTC:
>>
>>> [Press Releases]
>>> http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease558.html?cp=nws01flh1
>>>
>>> NETSCAPE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO MAKE NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATOR SOURCE
>>> CODE AVAILABLE FREE ON THE NET
>> 
>
>Don't hold your breath.  We're still bound by US export regulations, so
>we won't be able to export crypto-relevant source code.  We'll release what
>we can, but you probably won't be satisfied.
>
>Of course, there's always the option for some enterprising individuals
>outside the US to replace the missing pieces.

Or you can print those sections in a book and let some enterprising
foreigners OCR scan them.

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