On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 23:35:55 -0500, Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 23:52:03 +1100
> Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to
> ponder:
> 
> > MandrakeSoft has a policy of not supplying closed-source software. In the
> > download edition, the only exception to this rule (out of necessity) is
> > Netscape 4.
> > 
> 
> i thought netscape was open source software?

Netscape 4.x and below is closed source. Netscape 6 and above is based on
Mozilla, which is open source.

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan

"When I see any Web site claim to be only readable using particular hardware or
software, I cringe--they are pining for the bad old days when each piece of
information needed a different program to access it."
        -- Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web

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