[Scottish] Re: XFree86 4.4 RPMs for Mandrake 10.0? (Fulvio Valente)

[Ben Thorp]

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 clause' which, if I
understand correctly, means that if you credit _any_ third-party software
in your documentation, or on a splash screen, then you must also credit
XFree86.

For instance, if I write a GUI application in Python, based on a previous
python console script that someone else wrote, if I credit that console
script in my splash screen or about page, then I must also credit XFree.
This could be a big deal (as you can imagine)

IANAL :)

Ben Thorp

scottish-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote on 15-03-2004 12:35:00:

> Interesting to know WHAT has changed in the license. Had a
> look at the license page at xfree but it doesn't look
> suspicious.
>
> Anyway. I've simply installed it directly from xfree. Simply
> follow the readme on the ftp server. There's a simple
> installation script. It worked for me for debian woody.
>
> /Bernd
>
> Martin Habets wrote:
> > Don't know about mandrake, but a lot of distributions are refusing to
ship
> > XFree 4.4 because it is on a new licence.
> > If you realy want it, you may have to get it from www.xfree.org
directly.
> >
> > I've read about plans on a fork that would remain on the old
> licence, but have
> > not checked if that has already happended.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >>From: "Fulvio Valente" <fulvio at val2003.fsnet.co.uk>
> >>I've been searching for a XFree 4.4 rpm for a while with no
> success. If anyone can point me to
> >>or make an rpm, I'll be eternally grateful
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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