On 2004.02.29 18:32, Mike Simons wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 07:18:38PM -0800, Jim Lowman wrote: Xfree86 4.4.0 does have support for the Radeon 9800 video card... however it seems that XFree86 recently (Jan 29) decided to change the license on the X server to be GPL incompatible. Depending on how the various distributions deal with with this it may take a while for that card to work in most distros.
http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html === What about GPL-compatibility?
The 1.1 license is not GPL-compatible. To avoid new issues with application programs that may be licensed under the GPL, the 1.1 licence is not being applied to client side libraries. ===
How exactly does GPL incompatibility cause a problem for the distros?
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