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On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 12:26, Scott Klement wrote: > -- NSS requires the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) as well as the > Netscape Build Environment... This would make it somewhat more > complicated to build the emulator. Not too big of a deal on modern *NIX systems since most ship Mozilla. > -- To build NSS on Windows requires both Cygwin and MS Visual C++. > Cygwin isn't that big of a deal, it complicates the setup > instructions but at least it's open source. MSVC however is > not. It's at least USD$ 500! Ouch! I didn't realize this. This would stink, although I think most Windows users just want to install a binary and go. If some kind soul with a MSVC license would be kind enough to compile the releases. > All this because we love the GPL so much? I personally prefer the GPL, but I think this decision is really only up to you, Mike, and Jay. Kurt Zeilenga works for IBM now, so I'll forward him your original note and ask him if he has any recommended direction for the project. <grumble>I *really* hate the advertising clause</grumble> -- Steve Fox IBM Linux Technology Center http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc http://k-lug.org
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