partial license audit of XFree86 4.3.0
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 12:31:44PM -0700, paul cannon wrote: Since this issue has made it to slashdot [1], it may be the appropriate time for some discussion here. I haven't seen any here yet, but I may not have looked hard enough, so apologies in advance if this is old news. To summarize, an announcement [2] by David Dawes from last night indicates that the XFree86 Project, Inc. intends to release version 4.4.0 with a different license than the one it had before. The project has made available a diff [3] (subject to change, one would assume) of the changes to be applied to the source to get the new license in the applicable files. The actual changes to the license are detailed at http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html. [snip] I'd like to note two things: This license change does not appear to have been committed to XFree86 CVS yet, at least judging by xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/LICENSE.sgml, which contains the XFree86 license text. (xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/LICENSE is the plain text version, but it is a generated file and not always up-to-date with the SGML source.) It should be noted that this is not the only recent license change to XFree86 that is GPL-incompatible. Please see: http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/LICENSE.sgml.diff?r1=1.21r2=1.22f=h sect1Thomas Winischhofer p Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Thomas Winischhofer Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: enum itemRedistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. itemRedistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. itemAll advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by Thomas Winischhofer. itemThe name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. /enum THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. This is a standard 4-clause BSD license, and is GPL-incompatible for the reasons described in URL: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html . However, this change was only recently applied, and all of the code copyrighted by Mr. Winischhofer in XFree86 4.3.0 is under the MIT/X11 license, with several files indicating: * If distributed as part of the linux kernel, the contents of this file * is entirely covered by the GPL. Parties using the 4-clause BSD license in the XFree86 codebase (at least according to the LICENSE.sgml file) as of CVS revision 1.22 are: 1) Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. This has probably been reverted to the 3-clause BSD license through the Regents' mass relicensing of such code; see URL: ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change . Affected files: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/sunLynx/fbio.h xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/MTRR-Lynx.shar [1] xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/apNetBSD.shar [1,5] 2) Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou Affected files: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/MTRR-Lynx.shar [8] xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/loader/aout.h [9] 3) Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. Affected files: NONE! There are no files copyrighted by the NetBSD Foundation in the XFree86 4.3.0 codebase that I could find with the method I used[10]. However, I did find the following: * Copyright (c) 1999 Lennart Augustsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright *
Re: X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: rev 1002 - /
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 12:31:59AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 05:16:07PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 01:05:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:50:03AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: Do you have a patch status update? svn log svn://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xfree86/branches/4.3.0/sid/debian/TODO ...you should know how to do this. a) it wasn't updated at the time, Not true. Your mail was dated Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:50:03 +1100. r998 | branden | 2004-01-29 22:48:07 -0500 (Thu, 29 Jan 2004) | 2 lines Update and rearrange. The list of 4.3.0-1 items is now specific. The mail had not arrived at the time. I'm sure you knew what I meant. If you didn't, please search for another XFree86 maintainer if it is, as you say, quite the critical piece of infrastructure. b) you know full well I can't get svn:// out. Remember the endless discussions about eventually getting it working through SSH? Actually, I had forgotten. However, you're a Debian developer now, so you have access to several machines, some of which should have svn installed, so you can always check the logs from there. You have a memory like a sieve, and a selective one at that. And yes, I could use it from any number of machines, but they're all in the US, and I don't like triply-bouncing when I'm on 56k to begin with. It's kind of hard to do anything interactive, really. I asked for something that was not, as far as I could ascertain at the time, done. It turns out it was, thanks to the tyranny of terrible mailing lists (I believe the next commit was the relevant one - if it wasn't, then a no further progressions was what I was after. I'm sure you're smart enough to figure this out - if not, please refer to my first paragraph.) The cumulative changelog is also updated every 24 hours, and is available via any web browser that understands HTTP and plain text. Yes, every 24 hours. And when I checked, I couldn't see that it was updated in Subversion. Would you care to thus explain how this paragraph is at all relevant? -- Daniel Stone[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian: the universal operating system http://www.debian.org pgpQA1Zl74bxI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: libXft
Michel Dänzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 14:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I have a problem with launching some X applications like : enkill:# xchat xchat: relocation error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: XRenderQuerySubpixelOrder What does ldd `which xchat` | grep render ~# ldd `which xchat` | grep render libXrender.so.1 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x40773000) say? (Have you ever installed non-packaged X stuff?) never ! I tried to reinstall (with 'apt-get install --reinstall' then with a 'dpkg -x') libxrender1. I checked the version : enkill:~# dpkg -l|grep xrender ii libxrender-dev 0.8.3-5X Rendering Extension client library (develo ii libxrender10.8.3-5X Rendering Extension client library But it still doesn't work... I get the same error runing 'startkde' for example... ~# startkde startkde: Starting up... kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: XRenderFindStandardFormat startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset ksplash: relocation error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: XRenderQuerySubpixelOrder I don't understand, it worked very well before... Gwen. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast| http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#231268: xbase-clients: Probably should depend on cpp, not cpp-3.2
Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-15 Severity: minor Tags: sid The package depends on cpp-3.2. Since default compiler is gcc-3.3 and thus default preprocessor is cpp-3.3, it keeps extra version installed on most systems. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.24 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp-3.2 1:3.2.3-9 The GNU C preprocessor ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdps1 4.2.1-15 Display PostScript (DPS) client li ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.3.20030719-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-15 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-15 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] ii xlibmesa3-glu [libglu1] 4.2.1-15 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree ii xlibs 4.2.1-15 X Window System client libraries -- debconf information excluded --- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: libXft
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 13:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~# ldd `which xchat` | grep render libXrender.so.1 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x40773000) Something's wrong on your end: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|16:19:42 ldd `which xchat` | grep render libXrender.so.1 = /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x0fad) [EMAIL PROTECTED]|16:19:43 dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 diversion by libxrender1 from: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 diversion by libxrender1 to: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender-1.1.so.1 -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast| http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
Bug#231268: xbase-clients: Probably should depend on cpp, not cpp-3.2
* Jan Hudec wrote: The package depends on cpp-3.2. Since default compiler is gcc-3.3 and thus default preprocessor is cpp-3.3, it keeps extra version installed on most systems. Check the changelog: , | - Build-Depend on cpp-3.2; xbase-clients and xdm now Depend on cpp-3.2 | instead of just cpp, since cpp-3.3 doesn't produce correct output (as | far as XFree86 is concerned) when the -traditional flag is used | (-traditional-cpp doesn't work, either). ` That's from 4.2.1-7. Norbert
Bug#231291: xserver-xfree86: avoid that grey/black loading screen
Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0-0ds4 Severity: wishlist Tags: sid You know, when you start X you have a couple of seconds when there's a cross (or a wristwatch) upon a grey/black screen, and then after that the display manager is loaded (with its background). I'd like to choose the background to substitute that grey/black screen, so that passing from console to X would mean passing from console to the background I choose, without grey screens in the middle. -- Package-specific info: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS630 GUI Accelerator+3D (rev 31) 01:00.0 Class 0300: 1039:6300 (rev 31) Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard InputDevicePS/2 Mouse CorePointer # Serial Mouse not detected InputDeviceUSB Mouse CorePointer EndSection Section ServerFlags Option AllowMouseOpenFail true EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic # FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi # FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives FontPath /usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType EndSection Section Module Load ddc # ddc probing of monitor Load GLcore Load dbe Load dri Load extmod Load glx Load bitmap # bitmap-fonts Load speedo Load type1 Load freetype Load record EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout it EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier PS/2 Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device /dev/psaux Option Protocol PS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons false Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier USB Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEvents true Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection # Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 Option DPMS true # HorizSync28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors HorizSync28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker. # These are some Modelines that happen to work on many systems # Especially the 1024x768 has been thoroughly tested, even on Laptops Modeline 640x480 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 #60Hz Modeline 800x600 40.12 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628 #60Hz Modeline 1024x768851024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 Modeline 1152x864921152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895 Modeline 1152x864 1101152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908 Modeline 1152x864 1351152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908 Modeline 1152x864 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902 -HSync -VSync Modeline 1280x1024 801280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace Modeline 1280x1024 1101280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054 Modeline 1280x1024 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync Modeline 1280x1024 1351280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064 Modeline 1280x1024 1351280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064 Modeline 1280x1024 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync Modeline 1280x1024 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync Modeline 1600x1200 1621600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync Modeline 1600x1200 1891600 1664 1856
Bug#231268: marked as done (xbase-clients: Probably should depend on cpp, not cpp-3.2)
Your message dated Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:26:51 -0500 with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line Bug#231268: xbase-clients: Probably should depend on cpp, not cpp-3.2 has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 5 Feb 2004 14:04:16 + From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 05 06:04:16 2004 Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from cimice4.lam.cz (vagabond.light.src) [212.71.168.94] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1Aok75-K4-00; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 06:04:16 -0800 Received: from bulb by vagabond.light.src with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aok72-0002Wn-00; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 15:04:12 +0100 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:04:12 +0100 From: Jan Hudec [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Bug Tracking System [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: xbase-clients: Probably should depend on cpp, not cpp-3.2 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Reportbug-Version: 2.41 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: Jan Hudec [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_02_01 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_02_01 X-Spam-Level: Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-15 Severity: minor Tags: sid The package depends on cpp-3.2. Since default compiler is gcc-3.3 and thus default preprocessor is cpp-3.3, it keeps extra version installed on most systems. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.24 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp-3.2 1:3.2.3-9 The GNU C preprocessor ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdps1 4.2.1-15 Display PostScript (DPS) client li ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.3.20030719-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-15 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-15 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] ii xlibmesa3-glu [libglu1] 4.2.1-15 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree ii xlibs 4.2.1-15 X Window System client libraries -- debconf information excluded --- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Received: (at 231268-done) by bugs.debian.org; 5 Feb 2004 16:26:52 + From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 05 08:26:52 2004 Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from dhcp065-026-182-085.indy.rr.com (redwald.deadbeast.net) [65.26.182.85] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1AomL6-0008Vz-00; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:26:52 -0800 Received: by redwald.deadbeast.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4C7426445C; Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:26:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:26:51 -0500 From: Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#231268: xbase-clients: Probably should depend on cpp, not cpp-3.2 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol=application/pgp-signature; boundary=VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_02_01 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_02_01 X-Spam-Level: --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 04:38:12PM +0100, Norbert Tretkowski wrote: * Jan Hudec wrote: The package depends on cpp-3.2. Since default compiler is gcc-3.3 and thus default preprocessor is cpp-3.3, it keeps extra version installed on most systems. =20 Check the
Re: X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: rev 1002 - /
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 08:17:50PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 12:31:59AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 05:16:07PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: a) it wasn't updated at the time, Not true. Your mail was dated Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:50:03 +1100. r998 | branden | 2004-01-29 22:48:07 -0500 (Thu, 29 Jan 2004) | 2 lines Update and rearrange. The list of 4.3.0-1 items is now specific. The mail had not arrived at the time. I'm sure you knew what I meant. If you didn't, please search for another XFree86 maintainer if it is, as you say, quite the critical piece of infrastructure. I cannot accept responsibility for the speed of Debian mailing list delivery to your personal mailbox. The mailing list archives are available, and generally lag the actual list traffic by considerably less than 5 and a half days. b) you know full well I can't get svn:// out. Remember the endless discussions about eventually getting it working through SSH? Actually, I had forgotten. However, you're a Debian developer now, so you have access to several machines, some of which should have svn installed, so you can always check the logs from there. You have a memory like a sieve, and a selective one at that. And yes, I could use it from any number of machines, but they're all in the US, and I don't like triply-bouncing when I'm on 56k to begin with. It's kind of hard to do anything interactive, really. Then don't send insistent emails demanding a high level of interactivity from others. I asked for something that was not, as far as I could ascertain at the time, done. It turns out it was, thanks to the tyranny of terrible mailing lists ...and which you could just as easily have determined by visiting URL: http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/CHANGELOG.txt . Particularly if you knew Debian list delivery was laggy for you. (I believe the next commit was the relevant one It was impossible to determine what you were really asking for. Has the patch status been updated yet? To reflect what? Don't tell me it was clear from context. All you quoted was a news item announcing 4.3.0-1 status. No gory particulars were mentioned. - if it wasn't, then a no further progressions was what I was after. I'm sure you're smart enough to figure this out - if not, please refer to my first paragraph.) Sorry, I guess I'll just have to live with being an idiot in your eyes. The cumulative changelog is also updated every 24 hours, and is available via any web browser that understands HTTP and plain text. Yes, every 24 hours. And when I checked, I couldn't see that it was updated in Subversion. You said you didn't check Subversion, and wouldn't because it's too difficult for you. Let's review: Your mail was dated Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:50:03 +1100. r998 | branden | 2004-01-29 22:48:07 -0500 (Thu, 29 Jan 2004) | 2 lines Update and rearrange. The list of 4.3.0-1 items is now specific. Since the daily website update scripts run at midnight UTC-0500, this changelog entry would have been visible at http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/CHANGELOG.txt approximately one hour and twelve minutes after it was made. I hope you're not trying to tell me Australia's timezone offset from necrotic.deadbeast.net is on the order of 130 hours. If you can't use Subversion and refuse to use the Web, then I suggest you ask people on IRC to retreive the information you desire and DCC it to you. Would you care to thus explain how this paragraph is at all relevant? See above. -- G. Branden Robinson| The Rehnquist Court has never Debian GNU/Linux | encountered a criminal statute it [EMAIL PROTECTED] | did not like. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- John Dean signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: partial license audit of XFree86 4.3.0
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 01:03:00AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: 2) Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou Affected files: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/MTRR-Lynx.shar [8] xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/loader/aout.h [9] [ snip ] [8] Except Mr. Demetriou actually uses the 3-clause BSD license on this file: X * Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou X * All rights reserved. X * X * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without X * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions X * are met: X * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright X *notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. X * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright X *notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the X *documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. X * 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products X *derived from this software without specific prior written permission X * X * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR X * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES X * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. X * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, X * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT X * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, X * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY X * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT X * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF X * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. [9] This file says it is Borrowed from NetBSD's exec_aout.h, so it may have since been relicensed upstream. Since CGD is a frequent contributor to NetBSD, and he's on my list of people I still need to ask about relicensing to 3-clause stuff for the NetBSD codebase, I could possibly raise the issue of the XFree86 license texts at the same time, if you wish. -- Joel Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED],''`. Debian GNU/NetBSD(i386) porter : :' : `. `' `- pgpFsMMcquseg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#231291: xserver-xfree86: avoid that grey/black loading screen
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 17:26, Nicolò Wojewoda wrote: You know, when you start X you have a couple of seconds when there's a cross (or a wristwatch) upon a grey/black screen, and then after that the display manager is loaded (with its background). I'd like to choose the background to substitute that grey/black screen, so that passing from console to X would mean passing from console to the background I choose, without grey screens in the middle. You can start the X server with a black background with the -br command line option. Choosing a background is a client side issue then. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast| http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
Bug#231346: Package: xserver-xfree86
Package: xserver-xfree86 We have just started using the Debian release and are having problems getting X Windows to start. I have attached the log file and we are using an Intel based machine with a ATI Rage video adapter. Any help getting this resolved would be appreciated. If you need additional info, please let me know. Thanks. xfree86.log --- Steven Bonici xfree86.log Description: Binary data
Re: X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: rev 1002 - /
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 12:10:10PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 08:17:50PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 12:31:59AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 05:16:07PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: a) it wasn't updated at the time, Not true. Your mail was dated Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:50:03 +1100. r998 | branden | 2004-01-29 22:48:07 -0500 (Thu, 29 Jan 2004) | 2 lines Update and rearrange. The list of 4.3.0-1 items is now specific. The mail had not arrived at the time. I'm sure you knew what I meant. If you didn't, please search for another XFree86 maintainer if it is, as you say, quite the critical piece of infrastructure. I cannot accept responsibility for the speed of Debian mailing list delivery to your personal mailbox. The mailing list archives are available, and generally lag the actual list traffic by considerably less than 5 and a half days. No, I was asking for an update to this. See two paragraphs up. You have a memory like a sieve, and a selective one at that. And yes, I could use it from any number of machines, but they're all in the US, and I don't like triply-bouncing when I'm on 56k to begin with. It's kind of hard to do anything interactive, really. Then don't send insistent emails demanding a high level of interactivity from others. I didn't demand, I queried; I found it odd that the workrate just suddenly dropped massively without warning. I asked for something that was not, as far as I could ascertain at the time, done. It turns out it was, thanks to the tyranny of terrible mailing lists ...and which you could just as easily have determined by visiting URL: http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/CHANGELOG.txt . Particularly if you knew Debian list delivery was laggy for you. I'm not saying *that* laggy. Look at the next commit (1003, I believe), which clarified things a little. My point was that I sent off the mail before the log for 1003 arrived. (I believe the next commit was the relevant one It was impossible to determine what you were really asking for. Has the patch status been updated yet? To reflect what? Don't tell me it was clear from context. All you quoted was a news item announcing 4.3.0-1 status. No gory particulars were mentioned. What is the current status of blocker items of 4.3.0-1 into unstable? Has it changed? Yes, every 24 hours. And when I checked, I couldn't see that it was updated in Subversion. You said you didn't check Subversion, and wouldn't because it's too difficult for you. Let's review: [irrelevant] I hope you're not trying to tell me Australia's timezone offset from necrotic.deadbeast.net is on the order of 130 hours. It's 16, I believe. If you can't use Subversion and refuse to use the Web, then I suggest you ask people on IRC to retreive the information you desire and DCC it to you. At the time, the website was not updated with 1003. Also, what makes you think I can do DCC? -- Daniel Stone[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian: the universal operating system http://www.debian.org pgpNSswNq51qC.pgp Description: PGP signature
