--- On Thu, 9/29/11, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: ... > > OK. So [4] is a permissive license for all files in > the directory. > This may seen odd, coming from the FSF, but they encourage > this is some cases, such as when the code is very small, > or where the code promotes the use of an open standard > that competes against a proprietary standard. > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html >
FWIW, What happened here is that the XFree86 guys only uses code under MIT/BSD licenses, so they contacted the FSF and got the permission from them. The X.org guys forked from XFree86 and I see they removed the XFree86 CVS tags. Normal practice is keep the tags, for origin reference. Pedro. > > [4] > > http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/*checkout*/xc/lib/X11/lcUniConv/COPYRIGHT?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain > > > >
