FW: Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

 --- On Sat 03/27, Daniel Stone < [email protected] > wrote:
From: Daniel Stone [mailto: [email protected]]To: [email protected]: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:23:02 -0800Subject: Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-upOn Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:44:49AM -0500, Francois Isabelle wrote:> Is that what's happening ?> 1 - XFree86 changed licensing, which introduced some GPL compatibility> issues and some deviations to debian DFSG(debian free software> guidelines).> 2 - Some are arguing that the new licensing is NOT GPL incompatible, but> nobody argues that it is not deviating from DFSG> 3 - Xorg forked XFree86 due to these licensing considerations> 4 - Debian will NOT include XFree86 4.4 components > 5 - Other Linux's distributions MIGTH include Xfree86 4.4> 6 - Other Linux's distributions WILL include Xorg> 7 - Debian MIGHT include Xorg, MIGHT include XFree86
  4.4 in non-free or> similarDebian will include freedesktop.org's xlibs/xserver/et al, 
 assumingnothing spectacular happens.> 8 - End users / developpers / distribution packagers WILL end up> confused, free software activist will end up frustrated and I WILL NOT> understand why this FORK took place anyway.It's quite simple: XFree86 made their software unsustainable with thenew license.> - I'm not sure they have sufficient resources to provide the quality> level we've come to expect from the XFree86 team.I think they have better resources than XFree86.> - I think a FORK is a really bad thing especially on projects> that large, how can contributors enhance BOTH projects... wasted work I> beleive.That's your opinion.> - Even if free software is taking up over proprietary stuff, there are> external forces that are hitting free software day after day, why MUST> the free software community hit itself from the INSIDE ?I don't know. Ask those who d
 ecided to change the licence.> Please, correct me if I'm wrong. But don't spend too muc
 h time on point> '8' , I know I'm right about this one.OK, I won'
t bother arguing. Saves me time anyway.And the disk-space issue is fixed.-- Daniel Stone Debian: the universal operating system http://www.debian.orgAttachment: signature.asc (0.19KB)

_______________________________________________
Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com
The most personalized portal on the Web!

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFAZR3GcPClnTztfv0RAjBsAKCP1R13IQaePUCVEC61VF0GrbXR/ACeMEfJ
ioAT9/Is9zgvpiCegBj+sXk=
=GJZB
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----