Re: XOrg vs XFree86

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On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 04:47:04PM -0500, William Hooper wrote:

> T. Ribbrock said:
> > On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 03:03:13PM +0000, Paul Thomas wrote:
> >> Yes, I'm sure you're right. The crazy thing from my point of view is
> >> that
> >> the XFree86 1.1 license is virtually identical to the Apache license.

> > The new or the old one? Apache has been forked as well e.g. by OpenBSD,

> Link please.  The only thing I see on OpenBSD's web page is that they
> Chroot httpd.

>From the man himself:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=107714762916291&w=2

You might also want to have a look at the ensuing thread that follow
that message.


> > as Apache's licence has been changed for the worse as well.

> With respect to GPL compatibility Apache's license hasn't changed.  It
> never has been GPL compatible.

The problem is that the old licence was reasonably understandable,
whereas the new licence can only be understood with the help of a
lawyer. In my opinion, this is a clear change for the worse.

Cheerio,

Thomas
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