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

[mark kandianis <linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:08 PM 2/14/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> mark kandianis wrote:
> > At 03:36 PM 2/14/2004 +0000, Chris Howells wrote:
> >
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> > > On Friday 13 February 2004 20:50, David Dawes wrote:
> > > > This begs a couple of questions that I have yet to see answered:
> > >
> > > OK... so if you don't fully understand the consequences of changing the
> > > license, I'm somewhat fascinated and intrigued as to why it has _already_
> > > been changed, rather than, say, making a proposal and letting people comment
> > > on it.
> > >
> > > - --
> > > Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, howells@xxxxxxx
> >
> > it wasn't changed until last night after a two-week notice.
> > i think you are a little late to the discussion, but it's good
> > to clear these things up anyhow.
>
> Actually, you are late to the discussion.  In fact, why don't you just not 
> participate in this discussion since you have clearly not been following 
> the events as they have unfolded.  The license change was first checked 
> into CVS on 2003/12/12, not last night:
>
> http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c.diff?r1=1.2&r2=1.3&f=h


it only matters when it takes affect dude, i guess that's something they 
haven't taught you yet in
school right?  have the folks keep paying the bill, you need all the help 
you can get.


mark. 


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