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

[Donnie Berkholz]

On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 15:43, Svyatogor wrote:
> The question I'm gonna ask might sound dumb, but still.
> I went other various discussions, read the new XFree license a lot of
> times and still do not get what is the problem with it?
>
> Escpet for point 3 (which is not a big issue, is it?) the rest of the
> license is very simmilar, if not identicale, to BSD.
>
> Could someone plz point me to those words in new version which cause all
> the troubles?

OK, let me lay it out as concisely as possible.

1) XFree86 license 1.1 _requires_ attribution with other third-party
attributions.

2) This requirement is an additional restriction beyond what the GPL
itself restricts.

3) The GPL prohibits any additional restrictions.

From these three points we conclude:

4) The XFree86 license 1.1 is incompatible with the GPL.

Thanks,
Donnie
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Donnie Berkholz
Desktop project co-manager,
Cluster project co-lead,
Developer Relations,
Gentoo Linux