JTK wrote:
> Netscape 6 is not an "Open Source"
> project in any way, shape, or form. Mozilla may be "Open Source", but
> Netscape 6 is a proprietary (as in, "where do I download the AIM
> source?") piece of software.
In that case. the Linux kernel isn't open either, because I can't download the
source for Oracle 9i.
> > (Many of) the files in Netscape 6.x which make up AIM are not under the
> > MPL or NPL.
> Hence, Netscape 6.x is not "Open Source", not even in the AOL
> slave-labor sense. QED.
No, AIM is not open source. Formerly you made the mistake of saying Mozilla was
Netscape and vice versa. Now you've taken it to a new level by saying NS6 is AIM
and vice versa. This is even MORE incorrect. AIM and NS6 aren't even the same
TYPE of program.
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