Netscape Admin Kit.

[Wilfred [Bill] Drew]

Alex Nishri wrote:
> 
> The Navigator Administrator Toolkit (US$795 + shipping) permits modification
> of the following with Navigator 3.0:

> You can distribute Navigator copies modified with the toolkit subject to your
> Navigator license and there are instructions on how to do this.
> 
> For further changes you will need Netscape's license release.  We signed a
> "Instructions & release concerning suppression of features" which became
> attachment A to our "Limited Right to Copy - Educational Institutions." This
> permits us to "grey out" or disable, but not delete, features in the File,
> Edit, View, Go, Bookmarks, Options, and Windows pulldowns. Modified copies
> cannot be distributed and must only be used in a public setting such as a
> Library.  One way to to grey out menu items is using the resource editor
> included with Microsoft C; the resource editor must be used from Windows NT
> (reference http://www.microsoft.com/kb/developr/visual_c/q139030.htm).
> A good reference on this topic is the just updated, "How to Edit Netscape for
> Public Access Computers", at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu:8000/NS.

Does that mean one library could create a kisok mode for other libraries
outside their institution and offer it under the educational user
license?  The Admin. Kit is quite expensive for us to purchase and use
for the 8-10 macines we will eventually have available.
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