On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 21:13, William M. Quarles wrote: > James Jones wrote: > > Perhaps you didn't notice the HUGE brouhaha over XFree86's licensing > > change with XFree86 4.4; 4.4.0 rc2 was the last under the old > > license. > > Actually, you just made me think of something: perhaps X.org's > republishing* of the XFree86 4.4.0rc2 code was what prompted the license > change. > > *(borderline stealing, a.k.a. nearly violating the "You can do what you > like with the code except claim you wrote it" clause) ---- You know, if I completely didn't understand the concept of GPL/BSD type licenses, project forking and the reasons and suitability for forking, I would probably keep my mouth shut to hide the fact that I was too ignorant to discuss these issues intelligently but hey, that's just the way I am. Craig
