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NetBSD Imports XFree86 4.4.0

Posted by michael on from the eh dept.

jschauma writes "It appears that, unlike many other Open Source projects, NetBSD did not find any serious problems with the much-debated license change of XFree86 4.4.0: it was just imported into the tree."

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  1. Duh by Bistronaut · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, since the dispute was about weather or not the new XFree86 licens was GPL-compatable, and NetBSD isn't under the GPL, you wouldn't expect them to have a problem.

    1. Re:Duh by platipusrc · · Score: 4, Interesting

      At least one BSD is unhappy about the prospect of the new license and is threatening to fork. Hopefully everyone can get together and have a single fork with a license like the older X license if it does end up coming to a fork.

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      And the muscular cyborg German dudes dance with sexy French Canadians
  2. Explain by JustinXB · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Can someone explain why open source projects are rejecting the new XFree86 license? I looked it over and it looked OK to me, at least for BSD-licensed projects.

  3. FreeBSD will too, probably by marcovje · · Score: 4, Interesting


    I saw several comments on the freebsd-ports list that the FreeBSD troops see no problem in the adoption either.

    The reason was also the same, clientside libs seem to go free.