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List:       mozilla-license
Subject:    Netscape & Desktop: Microsoft: Yes, Gnome/KDE: No
From:       Leevi Marttila <lm () sip ! fi>
Date:       1998-03-27 14:57:28
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NPL is compatible with proprietary licenses:

Microsoft is allowed to take Mozilla code and modify minimum amount
files so that integrates with proprietary desktop and extensions that
are probably in different files.

I don't say that is bad thing, it's probably good thing for Netscape.

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NPL is not compatible with GPL:

Gnome/KDE however cannot make desktop with Mozilla as integrated
browser part. (there may exist way around this using fe. CORBA, so it
may not necessary be "No" as I said in subject. ;-) Those people are
very likely to contribute code back to original Mozilla instead of
splitting development.


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1) Gnome and KDE are growing very fast. (*)
2) Open Source(tm) software has tendency to fill every available
niche... (there exist Linux for 8086!)

Prediction: Some day there will be at least subset of Gnome available
for Windows NT (*assuming* NT will be in >80% desktops for period of >5
years (prediction may happen without condition being true))

Benefit for Netscape:
There could be Mozilla -based desktop for unix and windows.


*)
Compressed source code size:

1998.01.21: gnome-0.12.tar.gz: 1907KB
1998.03.10: gnome-*-0.13.tar.gz: 3355KB
42% growth/month (7000% growth/year if it keeps this speed)

1997.11.23: kde*-Beta2-1.src.tar.gz: 6835KB
1998.02.01: kde*-Beta3-1.src.tar.gz: 9937KB
17% growth/month (700% growth/year if it keeps this speed)

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