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XFree86 4.4: List of Rejecting Distributors Grows

Posted by timothy on from the about-this-small-print dept.

Bootsy Collins writes "Yesterday, we discussed Mandrake's decision to revert their release-in-development from XFree86 version 4.4 back to version 4.3 because of issues with the new XFree86 license. To update this, the list of OS distributors opting out of XF86 Version 4.4, and future releases, based on licensing concerns continues to grow. While Fedora seems to be "preparing to support multiple X11 implementations", Red Hat has explicitly stated that they have no plans to ship XFree86 v4.4 under its current license. Also add to the growing list list Debian, Gentoo, and OpenBSD."

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  1. Makes me wonder by omarques · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who are the OSS's real enemies?

    How can the community fight when there's no consensus of a common goal, and there's such a lack of good faith and no respect for other people's projects and plans?

  2. Wrong by bonch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is no "Linux Operating System" - it's GNU/Linux, or even GNU.

    No--it's Linux. Linux is the system operating my computer. I can remove GNU applications (I rarely use them anyway) and keep using Linux. It's the one running my hardware and booting my laptop and letting me use it.

    GNU/Linux is ugly, wrong, and suggests we should prefix all our operating systems with the app userspace--Office/Windows? XFree86/GNU/Linux? Give me a break.