[wplug] Is XFree86 4.4 worth it?

[Rahul Dhar]

On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 16:08, Bill Moran wrote:
> This whole thing is pretty incredible.
> 
> Have any of you actually _read_ the new license?  I can't believe it's causing
> a stir.  The license is basically a BSD license (which has been considered a
> valid OSS license since the invention of the term) with the following specifics:
> The clauses that require due credit be given insist that such credit be located
> "in the same form and location as other such third-party acknowledgments."
> This doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
> 
> Personally, this won't change my use of X.

If people would put half as much effort into standardization and
usability, OSS (especially GUIs) would be much ahead of where they are
now.  Arguing about licenses really isn't the most productive use of
time, in my opinion.

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Rahul Dhar
rdhar at cmu.edu
Actually, my goal is to have a sandwich named after me.