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The other replies in this thread have discussed compatibility of the GPL with |
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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 |
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the new license is not being applied to client-side libraries. IMHO GPL |
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compatibility of this new license is only relevant for server-side components |
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licensed under the GPL. Does that cover anything other than drivers? |
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On Thursday 26 February 2004 13:28, Svyatogor wrote: |
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> Hmm, this all issue with GPL seems o be quite strange. Let's take as an |
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> example Gaim, which is under GPL license. The have a Windows build, thus |
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> linking against proprietary libraries (Win32 API). In this case it is |
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> ok, but with XFree it seems to cause problems :/ |
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