On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:13:17PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 11:13:52AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > jack kinnon wrote: > > > I'm not familiar with those licencing stuff. Does it > > > mean that future software fr xfree86 will no more be > > > free? > > > > Yes, that is correct. XFree86 changed their copyright recently and it > > is no longer free. The major distros have dropped it due to the new > > licensing restrictions. This is not a Debian specific. Here are some > > slashdot articles on it. > > > > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/18/131223.shtml?tid=104 > > > > http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/17/226216.shtml?tid=104&tid=110&tid=152&tid=185&tid=187&tid=189 > > I (think I) have read the previous thread about the license change, but > probably not good enough. Would someone care to explain to me what > exactly is the fuss about the license change? I understand that XFree86 > has the exception that you cannot "claim that you wrote it", right? Why > does that make XFree86 non-DFSG compliant? >
Look for more detail in my other post, but essentially they also require you now to acknowledge their contribution along with any acknowledgment to other software distributed with it. I would guess that could imply to mean that distributions having a splash screen of whatever of the distribution in the setup, or wherever else, and that also distribute Xfree would have to provide a splash screen for X in the setup (or wherever else that appears). > Thanks, > > David > > -- > Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into > your ~/.signature to help me spread! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]