Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
Hi, As per [1], and its duplicate [2][3], Ubuntus Xorg ships with several files under non-free licences. There has previously been a bug imported from Debian [4][5] about this previously, which was marked invalid by Ubuntu bug triages. With the advent of Gobuntu, this becomes a major issue (again), because it leaves a few hard choices: - Remove Xorg (not happening) - Disable the GLX in Xorg, and potentially break dozens (hundreds?) of applications - Find/pay someone to rewrite any affected files. Unfortunately, this /is/ a matter of freedom, and will have to be investigated by any distribution that is creating a "fully free" GNU/Linux install - From Debian to its smallest derivative. Thanks to Kevin [6] and Matthew [7][8] for their work on this to date. Karl. [1] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00103 [2] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00129 [3] Its marked as a duplicate because its a subset of the problem in [1]. [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+bug/6765 [5] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211765 [6] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Profiles/Kdean06 [7] http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Profiles/Mattflaschen [8] https://bugs.launchpad.net/~matthew-flaschen ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- SGI licenced code in Xorg is non-free https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
