On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:06:34PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Sorry Folks... but XFree86 v4.4 is GPL incompatible: > > to quote from http://xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html > > ----quote---- > 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. > ----end quote---- > > This means that unless SOMETHING is done about the license, it has just > become Non-Free. Sorry.
Before spreading FUD, please understand that "GPL-incompatible" is *not* the same as non-free. XFree86 4.4 is still under a DFSG-free licence. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
