Re: Rubyx is now onboard

georgina o. economou wrote:
 > PS  I got a lot of new distros this week and quite honestly have been
 > a bit overwhelmed so I am not announcing them all together as I have
 > previously done  but separately as I get to them during the week.

I'm a little confused.  Mr. Dawes is quoted as saying:

  "I think this provides a good opportunity for XFree86 to cut
   out the middle-man, and go back to a stronger emphasis on
   providing our software directly to the end user as we did in
   the early days."

(in the theinquirer.net interview article)

If Xfree86's maintainers view the whole license issue as a great 
opportunity to cut out the middleman, then why is there a big push to 
"sign on" more middlemen?

What exactly is the view of the maintainers on this issue?