>From comp.os.linux.development.system >This is from the official announce of X11 R6.4: > > With the release of X11R6.4 there will be a commercial use licensing > fee associated with the X Window System technology. This new licensing > structure will continue to provide the research, application > development and hobbiest communities with the same value it always has > without a fee. And, it will help assure the continued evolution of the > X Window System program with the support of those companies who build > their businesses from this technology.
How will this influence the composition of future versions of Debian? IIRC, a current topic on debian-user has been that non-free works are not included in the official debian distribution; if X11R6.4 becomes non-free, would that mean that X11R6.4 would no longer be distributed with Debian (at least not on official CD-ROM's)? IMHO not including X11R6.4 would be a major barrier to new users trying out Debian. This is added incentive to further classify the non-free group, I believe. marco -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is like a bad margarita with good tequila, http://squawk.klue.on.ca I thought, as I poured whiskey onto my granola Running Debian Linux 2.0 and faced a new day. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]