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X11R6.7 Release Notes - note the dropping of the 1.1 license.X11R6.7 Release Notes - note the dropping of the 1.1 license.Posted Apr 7, 2004 21:55 UTC (Wed) by dwheeler (guest, #1216)In reply to: X11R6.7 Release Notes by heinlein Parent article: X.Org Foundation releases X Window System X11R6.7 Note that one of the key enhancements is that "only files without the new XFree86 1.1 license are included in the X11R6.7.0 release." We are finally seeing the results of David Dawes' extremely controversial switch to a GPL-incompatible license. Distributors are now abandoning XFree86, and it looks like X.org will be (at least in the short term) the new home of X. I've updated my essay on GPL compatibility with a discussion on this. My essay has said for years that GPL compatibility is important for open source software / Free Software; this is an extraordinarily clear example of that.
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X11R6.7 Release Notes - note the dropping of the 1.1 license. Posted Apr 8, 2004 1:41 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link] Yeah, isn't that funny. He wanted more recognition and now he's going to get less recognition. Looks like XFree86 is going nowhere fast. It is sad that developers with heaps of experience are lost over such trivial matters.
Recognition and David Dawes Posted Apr 9, 2004 10:02 UTC (Fri) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link] .. Of David Dawes..> He wanted more recognition and now he's > going to get less recognition. I don't know.. I do know that the name "David Dawes" has more name recognition HERE now than it used to.. Of course, it's /infamous/, not /famous/, recognition, much like, say, Daryl McBride, right now, only not /quite/ to the same extent. <g> Duncan
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