Subject: Re: HTML browser
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Nate Hill <vugdeox@freeshell.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/11/2003 04:07:23
On Sun August 10 2003 10:34, James K. Lowden wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003  <drkilloran@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > why, oh why do we NOT
> > have some rudimentary browser installed as a standard part of the
> > netBSD distribution?
>
> There's no BSD-licensed browser, afaik.  I assume that's the
> reason.  We distribute some GPL stuff with the base system, mostly
> development tools (e.g. gcc, ld).  Others, like grep, are deemed
> essential for normal use but expendable in production.  I guess
> lynx or the like never met the "essential" criterion.

Telnet.

Considering the nature of Port 80, there never should nor ever will be 
a "web browser" in any NetBSD distribution set.

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Nate Hill <vugdeox@freeshell.org>