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XFree86 Alters License

Posted by michael on from the two-steps-forward-three-steps-back dept.

kinema writes "According to the XFree86 announcement starting with XFree86 v4.4.0-RC3 there will be a new license. There are some worries that these changes might be incompatible with the GPL." The FSF has a good page about the problems with BSD-style advertising clauses, which ironically uses XFree86's old license as an example of one to emulate.

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  1. Re:Why shouldn't it be? by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How can programmers share code with each other when there are legal restrictions?

    Stallman realised this problem 15 years ago, so he made a *General* license. ReadMe

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