OT: New XFree license?

Michael Hipp Michael
Mon May 17 11:59:35 PDT 2004


Does anyone have a good take on what the problems are with the new 
XFree86 license that so many big-name distros are saying "no thanks"?


http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/18/131223.shtml?tid=104&tid=189

"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."

Just curious ...

Michael


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