[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The difference here is that the license is stipulating that the program
> send a particular meta-datum that can have an effect on the server-client
> communication. For example, a browser may choose to behave differently
> depending on the contents of that server ID field.
The technology today is almost always the other way around: the server
behaves differently depending on the identity of the browser. But the
general point is correct and independent of current trends: that field is
typically used and processed automatically, not just by humans.
--
Seth David Schoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
They said look at the light we're giving you, / And the darkness
that we're saving you from. -- Dar Williams, "The Great Unknown"
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