Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 1998 19:32:23 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        feedback@xfree86.org, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Changes to X11 licensing with X11R6.4
Message-ID:  <19980407193223.59144@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980403132554.14962@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>; from David Dawes on Fri, Apr 03, 1998 at 01:25:54PM %2B1000
References:  <19980403132554.14962@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
(following up to -chat on the FreeBSD side)

On Fri,  3 April 1998 at 13:25:54 +1000, David Dawes wrote:
> First, I apologise for the cross post, and for posting at all about this
> subject to these lists, but I'm looking for some feedback on this issue
> from the FreeBSD community.  Please respect the Reply-To line, and don't
> pursue the discussion about this on the FreeBSD lists.
>
> As some of you are probably aware, The Open Group (TOG) has recently
> announced new licensing conditions to go with their new X11R6.4 release.
> This change means that XFree86 needs to make some decisions about our
> future direction.  We have some basic info on our home page
> (http://www.xfree86.org/), and links to the new licensing information on
> TOG's web site.  If you have anything to say about this in the XFree86
> context, please take a look at that info, and send you comments to
> feedback@xfree86.org.

Well, that got a lot of response, didn't it?

I've taken a look at the FAQ.  I couldn't be bothered to read the
legalese, so I may have missed something important.  From what I see,
it all hinges on the definition of commercial use.  If they mean
companies who sell an X add-on package for their product for > $100, I
think it's entirely reasonable that they should get their $0.25 or so
royalty.  If they mean companies like WC that just put it on the
CD-ROM with no value added, I don't think that's reasonable.  But from
what I see, they're restricting this to the former case.

Greg


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19980407193223.59144>