Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

2004-03-27 Thread Daniel Stone
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:44:49AM -0500, Francois Isabelle wrote: Is that what's happening ? 1 - XFree86 changed licensing, which introduced some GPL compatibility issues and some deviations to debian DFSG(debian free software guidelines). 2 - Some are arguing that the new licensing is NOT

Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

2004-03-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:23:45PM +, Andreas Metzler wrote: 2 - Some are arguing that the new licensing is NOT GPL incompatible, but nobody argues that it is not deviating from DFSG I do not understand that. There is a consensus that the new license is GPL incomatible. Whether it is

Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

2004-03-27 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Daniel Stone wrote: try to keep the politics on forum. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net

Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

2004-03-26 Thread Francois Isabelle
- sorry for the noise, I'm not sure if I send this on the right lists. Hi, I know that some diggup would probably tell me everything I want to know, but I'm not sure if past posts still represent the current positions and I want a clear picture of the *actual* situation. Is that what's

Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

2004-03-26 Thread Andreas Metzler
In gmane.linux.debian.devel.x Francois Isabelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that what's happening ? 1 - XFree86 changed licensing, which introduced some GPL compatibility issues and some deviations to debian DFSG(debian free software guidelines). Yes. 2 - Some are arguing that the new

Re: Xfree86 4.4 vs Xorg Wrap-up

2004-03-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Francois Isabelle wrote: 3 - Xorg forked XFree86 due to these licensing considerations The X.Org Foundation is the latest incarnation of a string of organizations going back to the original MIT X Consortium that have produced the X Window System software releases for over 15 years. XFree86