[forum] GPL-incompatible license

Alan Coopersmith forum@xfree86.org
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:32:06 -0800


David Dawes wrote:
> The goal of the XFree86 licence change is
> not to require special treatment, but only treatment equivalent to that
> given to other third party attributions.  I don't believe that this is
> a large burden when compared to the requirement that all of the various
> licence notices be published.  Furthermore, if publishing license notices
> in the documentation accompanying a distribution is the only form of
> third party attribution, then that would in itself satisfy the requirement
> of our modified licence.

What is considered an "attribution" or "acknowledgement" in this case?
Would those who follow the FSF request to call the OS they distribute
"GNU/Linux" be required by the new license to change it to "GNU/XFree86/Linux"
because they have given acknowledgement in the name to the works of a third
party, the GNU Project?

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