Re: [gentoo-dev] No XFree86 w/ new license

[Donnie Berkholz]

On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 08:52, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
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> On Thursday 26 February 2004 14:42, Toby Dickenson wrote:
> > The other replies in this thread have discussed compatibility of the
> > GPL with the new xfree license, but I'm not sure thats relevant to
> > this case.
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> > The xfree license faq http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html
> > states that the new license is not being applied to client-side
> > libraries. IMHO GPL compatibility of this new license is only relevant
> > for server-side components licensed under the GPL. Does that cover
> > anything other than drivers?
>
> Yes, it covers distributors such as us. It means that we still need to
> acknowledge xfree86 if we make any acknowledgement. I could live with a
> restriction where xfree86 would require an acknowlegement for any
> derivated products which aim for a similar audience, given that that
> would not include only distributor-patched versions of xfree.

Toby,

Here's a slight addition to what Paul had to say.

Perhaps you didn't notice, but I never mentioned anything about
client-side libraries. One thing I did mention, however, was GPL
drivers.

A little more detail from one of my original emails:

"If Gentoo distributes a GPL program or driver that can build against
any of the XFree86-licensed sources (for example, the SDK), Gentoo
probably violates the GPL. If Gentoo distributes a GPL XFree86 driver
(for example, x11-misc/synaptics) that can load into this X server,
Gentoo probably violates the GPL."

Thanks,
D
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Donnie Berkholz
Gentoo Linux