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Mandrake Blocked By XFree86 4.4 License

Posted by simoniker on from the dueling-legalese dept.

Linzer writes "A mailing-list message posted by Mandrake Linux's main developer on the Cooker mailing-list states that the development version of the distro is about to revert from XFree86 4.4 to the 4.3 version because of XFree86's recent license change. Mandrake contributors have started asking for justifications from MdkSoft. Many point out features of XF86 4.4 [an 'an open source X11-based desktop infrastructure'] they can't live without, including support for some not so uncommon hardware. A later Cooker mailing-list post extends a bit on the reasons."

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  1. Re:Enter the GNU by gnuman99 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this the quality of music that RIAA is trying to sell??? No wander no one is paying for it!!

  2. So what's the problem? by El · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How does this stop anybody that wants to run 4.4 with Mandrake from installing it separately? Yes, this delays the Mandrake release, but the Mandrake should have settled the license issues before they upgraded to 4.4; then it wouldn't be necessary to roll back the changes.

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  3. Re:Final solution. by orthogonal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about we put all unfunny people like you on trains and send them off into camps? It's not big deal. Simple solution.

    John? John Ashcroft?

    Shouldn't you be putting terminally ill medical marijuana users in prison with Tommy Chong or tearing up the Constitution or something, rather than posting to Slashdot?

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  4. Re:Irregardless? by jsebrech · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Learn English properly." does not mean the same thing as "Learn proper English."

    The first implies that you're learning or have learnt it improperly, and you need to adapt your learning methods. The second implies that you have not learnt real, grammatically correct, English, regardless of learning methods, and you should do so. As far as I know, both are correct uses of the English language.

  5. Re:*yawn* by t0ny · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You're going to die in your sleep.

    "Sleep. Those little slices of death. How I loathe them"
    - Edgar Allen Poe

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  6. Re:Irregardless? by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I didn't say "Learn English properly", I said "Learn to use English properly."

    How were you modded Insightful? You should have been modded Flamebait for attempting to fix something that wasn't broken.

    I hate the moderation system.

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