Re: Relicensing the code tree
Daniel Stone <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.freedesktop.xlibs.general,gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 12:53:25PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > 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. xlibs and xserver are licensed under the MIT/X11 license, which is completely free of any license-related problems, and GPL-compatible. -- Daniel Stone <[email protected]> freedesktop.org: powering your desktop http://www.freedesktop.org
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