Re: The real problem with the XFree86 license and a possible solution

Vincent <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.forum
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 10:15:02PM -0500, Vincent wrote:
> The problem
> ===========
> 
> In an earlier posting, John Bradford summarized three big debates on
> the issue:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:52:32AM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> > ...there are three big debates happening:
> >  1) What this means for GPL-licensed software who reuses X code or links
> >     dynamically or statically to X libraries
> >  2) Whether the credits clause is a good idea for the long-term viability
> >     of the Project or not
> >  3) The problems that both the GPL issue and the credits clause raise for
> >      distributors who wish to package XFree86 for their distribution
> 

Correction:  It apparently was Ryan Underwood who listed the three
debates.  I got it from a reply from John Bradford and apparently got
the names backward.  My apologies.

- Vincent
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