Rjack wrote:
The X window system X10R3 was released in the spring of *1986* under the
MIT license.
The GPLv1 wasn't written until February 1989. Richard Stallman was there
at MIT during the years 1986 - 1989 during which time he decided to
hijack the MIT license.
Ironic that you should mention X Window, since it illustrates
why software should be under the GPL. For a few months, before
community pressure foiled the plan, the X Consortium and the
Open Group tried to make X Window proprietary.
See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/x.html>.
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