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XFree86 Alters License
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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...the worries are in German, does it matter one jot?
- The major problem with this is that it isn't GPL compatible. There are a lot of GPL'd applications/libraries that link with xlibs, and can't anymore with this license change.
If XFree86 doesn't back out, it could spell doom for the project as a whole, unfortunatly. I'm not sure if they are going to however.. the decision making process with Xfree86 has been pretty much relegated to Dawes.
The new license contains an advertising clause. I wonder if their recent merger has something to do with this...
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im sorry, this is the guy who wants us to say 'GNU/Linux' but he doesnt want people to put their name on the software they write? what EXACTLY is the problem with putting your name on stuff? The quickly-displayed credits screen is only there for a half second on bootup.
Someone had to say it :)
Whoo-hoo! Wouldn't this be great? The FSF ironically hoist by its own petard in feeling pressure from an uncomfortably-licensed (from their point of view) yet essential body of software! I'll bring the beer to the party (and yes, it'll be FREE BEER as in "FREE BEER")!
Get rid of the moronic, freedom-strangling GPL. The new X license is more sane than GPL.
--Brian
Like anyone would want XFREE anyway.
You sound like you are probably as barking mad as RMS himself.
RMS does not believe in money, he lives in his MIT office despite Hal Abelson buying him a house (it burned down and RMS didn't know). When he says that you can make a living from the GPL he really means you can live like him.
Its a religious cult we are talking about here, sure there will always be acolytes. Just don't accept the dogma blind.
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now that was funny. somebody moderate this man FUNNY come on, HELP A BROTHA OUT.
He who confuses his religion with his science knows neither.
Companies say the GPL is anti-commercial, but the free OS with the most commercial interest is GNU/Linux.
you mis-spoke yourself there...
you need to say clueless-Companies say the GPL is anti-commercial.
and usually they are companies or individuals that have no skills to create anything new are are only interested in repackinging something for free and claiming it as their own.
Many MANY companies and developers embrace the GPL as the great thing it is and understand how to use it to their advantage while keeping their super secret decoder ring hidden from view.
Remember Anti-GPL = clueless or thief... as they are interested in only stealing something for nothing, or really do not have the capability to understnad the GPL.
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