Sputnik - internet browser

[marcik]

Wouldn't it be better to try and make all 'plugins' datatypes instead so they can be used anywhere? It's very doable.

Making a Flash-datatype isn't the smartest idea.

About a second post:

Colani1200 already posted a link to main homepage, with some screenshots, but you can also watch a movie from a Sputnik presentation in Germany last week - http://meeting2006.morphosi.net/JakubKassim-Sputnik2.mov

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Akiko wrote:

Hey so am I right in saying the developer has no plans for a port simply because he doesn't have the necessary hardware?

Since it's based on open-source, he should at least release the modifications he's made to the backend (WebCore/KHTML).  That's assuming he has compiled it as a library, if he has somehow built it all together he'd have to release the source to the whole thing to comply with the LGPL.

[Piru]

Of course marcik will comply with the LGPL.

[marcik]

if he has somehow built it all together he'd have to release the source to the whole thing to comply with the LGPL.

LGPL states otherwise. Static linking with LGPL code doesn't mean that whole sources must be published.

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I wasn't suggesting static linking.  I was saying if he somehow mashed the libraries into the whole project.

However if he does statically link he should release the source.  He can just release the objects of course, but that's not "in the spirit" of the LGPL.  

The crux of the work is in his modifications to KHTML to get it to compile under AmigaOS like systems, at least IMHO.

I'm not suggesting he wouldn't follow the LGPL, I'm only saying that for the people concerned about porting, the major parts of his source should become available so that ports can be done.

[klesterjr]

I'd also like to put my vote in for a 68k version of Sputnik.  

Not only would it be great for Amithlon, UAE, AROS (once the UAE/68k integration is completed) but it would also take care of the whole "OS4 port" issue -- (let's not forget that the version of Ibrowse that OS4 users have been using is 68k!).