Re: License issues

At 07:50 PM 3/9/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>DD> The licensing *policy* has not changed.  XFree86 has exercised the
>DD> same freedom of licensing choice that it has been offering its
>DD> contributors for some time.
>
>David,
>
>You keep ignoring one important objection to the licence change.
>
>A lot of the XFree86 code has been contributed under the XFree86
>licence by people who were acting under the assumption that their code
>would remain under the old licence.
>
>The licencing change has apparently been decided single handedly by
>you, without consulting most contributors (for my part, I learnt about
>the change from the press).
>
>I believe this to be a case of mis-governance.  Until this question is
>settled, it will be difficult for many contributors (including myself)
>to trust the XFree86 governing body (i.e. you).


i think that this is unfair.  there are more than just david on the
board of xfree86.  are you telling me that they are all just puppets
of one man?

mark.