Fwd: Re: [forum] [XFree86] Announcement: Modification to the base XFree86(TM) license.

[Sven Luther]

On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 01:14:53PM -0500, georgina wrote:
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> i'm sending this to forum so google can index it.peace and brotherhood man,mark.

I don't understand this forum issue, i sent it to forum in the first
place, did i not ?

> Yes, that a good idea.  I don't really think we want every list hit with this.Some people, who are not debian fanatics, think that this moot.  Sorry Sven if I offended you, but you know how you guys get ;-) 

Well, first, you have to be aware, when you speak about debian fanatics,
that i belive they are actually only a small bunch of people who you
need to call fanatics, altough sadly, among them is the XFree86 package
maintainer.

Second, i don't think you can brush that aside like that. I believe
there is a problem, real or imagined, but because of that, if things
don't get solved, most distributions will resort to packaging the
freedesktop.org xlibs, and simply forget about the XFree86 ones. I
believe that this is not in the best interest of the XFree86 Project,
which is why i opened this discussion here.

And if there is no problem on this, then the XFree86 Project should make
a statement about this, and bring the ball to the other camp to prove
their claims.

But i still believe that it is best that a proper solution is found and
that everyone is happy. Still, i believe this whole issue is the result
of some hidden politics, but please prove me wrong, if that is not so.

Friendly,

Sven Luther