Re: License issues

[Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> The licencing change has apparently been decided single handedly by
>> you, without consulting most contributors (for my part, I learnt about
>> the change from the press).

DD> If it were me alone, I would have simply applied a licence of this
DD> type to all of my contributions to XFree86.

>> I believe this to be a case of mis-governance.  Until this question is
>> settled, it will be difficult for many contributors (including myself)
>> to trust the XFree86 governing body (i.e. you).

DD> You keep ignoring the fact that the change is not retroactive.

New distributions of previously contributed code carry the new
licence.  Bug-fixed versions of previously contributed code will carry
the new licence.

DD> As to your specific past contributions, there are few (if any)
DD> that are even in files affected by the change.

Yes, I am glad that I retained the copyright to all my significant
contributions.

I am sorry I didn't add my name to the numerous existing files that I
tweaked over the years, but that would have been unfair to the
original authors.

                                        Juliusz
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