XFree86 under a new License
January 30th, 2004 by jvmThe XFree86 group has announced that beginning withXFree86 v4.4.0-RC3 it will be under a new license (version 1.1 at the top of that page). How will this affect you, the average Linux user? I have no blooming idea. It’s true that this may run afoul of the no-advertisement clause of the GPL, thus potentially preventing some interaction between GPL software and X libraries, but I’m not a lawyer and am not willing to dispense any legal advice to anyone on this. Frankly, I’d be happy to see a return to the days of console-only games so we’re all restricted to playing robots and Angband all day long.
January 30th, 2004 at 10:41 am
console-only? you suck …
January 30th, 2004 at 11:45 am
With their constant trolling, inter-fighting, and license fear mongering, they should feel special if they can gain 1% of the desktop market.
Linux, as it seems, will always remain for geeks and losers alike.
January 30th, 2004 at 4:45 pm
Yes, the truth will set you free:
XDirectFB is a replacment for XFree86.
XDirectFB is licensed on the GPL.
XDirectFB is higher-performing, more efficient, and offers greater security than XFree86′s monolithic design.
XDirectFB is a module/sub-project derived from thee DirectFB project, homepage http://www.directfb.org.
Switch now or forever hold the peices of whatever is left of your cracked (XFree86) X Server.
January 31st, 2004 at 3:06 pm
if God want to punish a man, hi let him use M$
January 31st, 2004 at 3:13 pm
Hi guys,
Reading the license, it says you may not use the Xfree86 name to advertise derivitive works without permission. This is the inverse of the BSD advertising clause.
I’m confused ;-)