Re: License issues
"Jens Nordenbro" <[email protected]>
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Hello everybody! Could someone please give me som information of how to ditch this list, which only seems to talk about boring licences ??? rergards, Jens Nordenbro ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark kandianis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [forum] 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum > >