Re: Considering a distro switch.

Ken Brush wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 March 2004 07:16 am, Richard Steffens wrote:
> 
>>Devon Holcombe wrote:
>>
>>>the whole x 4.4 license thing is a non-issue here.
>>
>>Doesn't ring a bell. Could you point me to a reference, or briefly
>>explain the issue?
> 
> 
> Try this url:
<snip>
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6157

Thanks. That last one shed the most light on it for me.

Not being a lawyer, nor desiring such status, I will leave the fine 
points to others, but at least I now understand the basic issue: there 
is a conflict with the new XFree86 license and the GPL, such that to 
qualify for the GPL you can't use XFree86 4.4. But, not to worry, there 
are people trying to work it out.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/