Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev] No XFree86 w/ new license

[Bryn Hughes]

ALL the distro's are having this same problem though.  The current 
version of X works and is still available under the license it was 
released under.  There's nothing stopping anyone from continuing to 
work with it for the time being, it just means new versions aren't 
necessarily going to find their way in to gentoo or several other 
distros for that matter.  I don't think this is a case of saying "oh 
well, no more GUI" but we may be staring at the same version of X for a 
while.

Bryn

On Feb 26, 2004, at 3:15 PM, William Kenworthy wrote:

I must agree that a gui is essential.  Without this, most of gentoo's
user base will disappear overnight, as it will be useless for any
desktop application.  Less users=less support, less development and
eventually oblivion.
BillK

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 00:05, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 10:57, Stewart wrote:
Yes, it is a major component. Nay, it is a critical component. 
Without a
GUI, we may as well write our source code on toilet paper and 
distribute
it to the developers to be used appropriately.

Graphical User Environment = Market Acceptance. Period.
You make the assumption that part of what makes Gentoo what it is, is
having X. This is not the case. It doesn't matter what you say about
market acceptance, if Gentoo is not provided by default with X 
(meaning
X is part of "system" in my interpretation), it is not a "major
component" of the "operating system."

D


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