Netscape vs Mosaic

Adam Thodey (athodey@engin.umich.edu)
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 23:46:16 +0500


On Fri, 7 Apr 1995 www-html@www10.w3.org wrote:

> >>>>> On Tue, 4 Apr 1995 04:49:49 +0500, "C.J.Osborne" <C.J.Osborne@sheffield.ac.uk> said:
> >> <My question is: Why does people use Mosaic when
> >> <Netscape is better and
> >> <can be obtained free all over the net?
> >>
> >> Netscape is not free for all users. Netscape is free for
> >> personal users and non-profit organizations. Companies and
> >> government agencies that provide Web access to their users
> >> must use a free browser, such as NCSA Mosaic, or pay for
> >> Netscape or an enhanced Mosaic.
>
> This is interesting. As far as I know, NCSA does not consider
> NCSA Mosaic code as free (they have signed a contract with
> Spyglass).
>
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Netscape is not free, it is only free for evaluation purposes and
educational institutions. personal Users must buy the software
in order to use it legally. It is in their contract licence stipulated
when you first load up mosaic.

ADAM