Re: [Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-10 Thread Brendan Lane Larson
Justin Hallett, I think you hit on a real key point. Disclaimer: I've been traveling and haven't looked at the Apple X11 Public Beta license, but if its not at least LGPL'ed, then why is everyone getting so excited about it? APSL is not GPL. I thought that the Fink community was and is for true

Re: [Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-09 Thread Zachery Bir
On Wednesday, Jan 8, 2003, at 17:25 US/Eastern, Justin Hallett wrote: I don't think they will be able to charge for it, maybe if they make an extra lib that isn;t GPL/LGPL'd but if and I repeat if they make a superior one I may concider paying for it, not for the crap they just put out though, a

Re: [Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-08 Thread Justin Hallett
I wasn't aware of both of these facts, thanks RangerRick. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >The can charge for it if they want... First, X's license is not >GPL/LGPL, it's essentially a BSD-ish license. Second, "open source" >only covers distribution, not charging. So it's perfectly legal to >charg

Re: [Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-08 Thread Benjamin Reed
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 05:25 PM, Justin Hallett wrote: I don't think they will be able to charge for it, maybe if they make an extra lib that isn;t GPL/LGPL'd but if and I repeat if they make a superior one I may concider paying for it, not for the crap they just put out though, alth

Re: [Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-08 Thread Justin Hallett
I don't think they will be able to charge for it, maybe if they make an extra lib that isn;t GPL/LGPL'd but if and I repeat if they make a superior one I may concider paying for it, not for the crap they just put out though, although i know it's a beta and has lots of good in it, so I'm waitting fo

Re: [Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-08 Thread Sagar Damle
I think apple should be rewarded for making a superior X11 (if it comes to that). I'd certainly pay for a better x11. -sagar On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 12:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks: I am worried that once we get addicted, Apple will charge for the new X11. Does anyo

[Fink-users] Will Apple charge us for the X11 stable release?

2003-01-08 Thread wgscott
Hi Folks: I am worried that once we get addicted, Apple will charge for the new X11. Does anyone know whether this will happen and if so how it might be prevented? The term "public beta" fuels my paranoia. Bill --- This SF.NET email is sp