Asa Dotzler wrote:
> JTK wrote:
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>> Blake Ross wrote:
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> <snip>
>
>>> That's not true at all; you're making broad statements without providing
>>> any support. Contributors to Mozilla can work on whatever they want.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps an AIM-compatible IM client? Yeah, didn't think so.
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> AOL does not decide what is accepted into the Mozilla tree. I have yet
> to see any AIM-compatable IM clients offered to mozilla.org but if one
> was AOL would not have any part in the decision to accept it into
> cvs.mozilla.org. Mozilla module owners and [EMAIL PROTECTED] would make
> the call (many of those two groups are not employed by AOL). AOL
> wouldn't have to (and I repeat, couldn't) try to block an IM client from
> becoming part of cvs.mozilla.org. If AOL was concerned about some client
> connecting to it's servers and services they would probably do what's
> been done in the past. They would just change the servers and break
> compatability for the client they didn't like. But they couldn't stop
> the code from being contributed to mozilla.org.
>
> --Asa
>
Simply amazing that folks on the "outside" looking in think they know
more than the folks on the "inside" looking out ...
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