<quote who="John Ryland">
> > Netscape 6.0 is a complete rewrite. It was created from the sources of the
> > browser released by mozilla.org. I'd call that "created open source".
>
> That's just semantics. I hope you don't believe your own lies :)
Lies?
I don't use Netscape 6.0, I use Mozilla. It's Free Software, and a
completely new browser. There are no lies here...
> Yep.. please go on. Astounding are they.
> And what exactly do these technologies have to do with creating a reliable,
> usable web browser?
This may sound a bit like Princess Leia, but, if a web browser is all that
you want, then a web browser is all that you'll receive.
Instead of just building a web browser, Mozilla.org have furnished us with
plenty of Free, well-built, very usable pieces of software. This benefits
projects far and wide...
The Gnome project uses Bonsai and Bugzilla (now, they used to use the Debian
one just as KDE does), the Gecko renderer has been used in many projects
already, and seems to be a good choice for some embedded applications, and
it's only now that people are waking up to how cool (even if somewhat bulky
at the moment) XUL and the XP stuff is.
> But that's what I want, a reliable, usable browser. Today, not in 5 years
> time. Konqueror delivers the goods.
Mozilla is also good. So is Galeon, based on the Gecko widget. Encompass is
based on the gtkhtml widget, and is okay, but gtkhtml was never really
designed to be a full-featured browser widget (just a basic HTML renderer
really).
There are quite a few out there, and a lot of them are good. What
disappoints me is the trashing of a very fine group of people, and the great
Free Software that they've contributed.
> > Add to that the goal of MPL/GPLing all the code, and you have a very
> > forceful argument for the support of Mozilla.org.
>
> Konqueror is GPL. What's your point.
Mozilla.org are attempting to change the license of the software they've
developed to be more compatible, and allow for more use than the one they
had previously distributed it under.
My comment was less to do with the license itself (we all know it's Free
Software), more to do with the substance. Mozilla.org are the caretakers of
a *lot* of great stuff - we ought to support their efforts.
- Jeff
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