Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > When you have a client under GPL, you have documentation for the
> > protocol in terms of source code, and you should have all you need to
> > write something to communicate with it from the other end.
> 
> Not necessarily a complete one.  Are you telling me you could deduce the
> entire X protocol definition document by looking at one client?

X clients do not speak the protocol directly.

I am saying that you could deduce all aspects of the X protocol
necessary to communicate with clients by looking at one full
implementation of the client library; ie, xfree86.

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