On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 08:30:48PM +0100, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: >>> It was okay for Debian or FreeBSD to grab a routine that I wrote, >>> as it was for Apple or Microsoft. > >DD> They still can use your code, because *you* choose the licence for >DD> your code. > >And you choose one for yours, and Mark for his? The situation is >going to become mighty confused. Are you trying to reduce the >unemployment rate among lawyers?
There is nothing new about this. XFree86 has code from many sources. It would be impossible to have a uniform licence covering everything, even if we wanted to force that on our contributors. >DD> Equivalence of attribution, as I've stated many times. > >Could you please explain what you mean? > >XFree86 contains code contributed by the CSG. You can use that code >without crediting the CSG outside of the source. > >XFree86 contains code contributed by SGI. You can use that code >without crediting SGI outside of the source. No: [redistribution] ... in executable form, the Notice and a copy of this License must appear in related documentation or collateral where the Recipient's rights relating to Covered Code are described. >XFree86 contains code contributed by the XFree86 project. You cannot >use that code, however, unless you credit XFree86 in a user-visible manner. Several licences require credit in "accompanying documentation," sometimes just by reproducing the licence in full in the documentation. Even FreeType requires something in the documentation whether you use the GPL or FTL for it. FreeType is something that you originally imported. Read all of the licences at <http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/pre-4.4/LICENSE.html> David _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
