Relicensing the code tree
[email protected] Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:53:25 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.freedesktop.xlibs.general,gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi everyone, I want to know if there is any interest in a relicencing project for the xserver (and/or xlibs)? This question is only prompted by the change of the current XFree86 license, but the true reason is their licensing policy up till now - to accept patches and contributions with varying licenses [1]. (I hate license promiscuity! [2] Brings complications and license fights.) Is there any project for bringing some order to the licensing situation? Or hope for a project? Or any positive thought for such a project? I know it will be a daunting task given the need to contact many contributors - developers and firms. (and I have some idea for the timescale for this quest, given the Mozilla experience). But I do get the feeling that this is necessary. Best reagrds: al_shopov P.S. Just to avoid the usual licence fight - no, I do not have any particular LICENCE in particular in mind, but yes, I do have in mind it being single and GPL compatible. Allowing binary only distribution is recommended given the current situation. On first thought, a variant of some standard form of the X licence (sadly there are several types) that is verbed in a way that allows the name of the copyright holder to be referanced externally so that the licence should not be changed for every contributor might be a possible variant. 1. http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2004-February/003978.html 2. http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/forum/2004-February/003987.html