As of late March, five companies have signed the first licenses to distribute NCSA Mosaic and incorporate it into their products. NCSA Mosaic is free for academic, research, and internal business purposes.
Nonexclusive licenses are necessary for commercial use and redistribution.
Licenses can be written for one version or all three versions of NCSA Mosaic. Companies have the option of using updates as they become available. The center is negotiating with a few dozen other companies. NCSA has had over 100 commercial contacts for licensing the software, said Joseph Hardin, associate director, Software Development Group.