It appears that the change that is causing all the controversy is that you
are now allowed to distribute XFree86 in binary-only form, without the
source code. This now makes in incompatible with the GPL, and most like not
OSI approved either.
The other main difference is the new 'Advertiser
Mandrake 10 is staying with 4.3
in their own words
Despite the imminent release of XFree86 version 4.4 and MandrakeSoft's
prior aggressiveness with including new releases of major software
packages, the version of XFree86 shipped is 4.3. The reason for this is
the change that was made to the