Re: License issues

[mark kandianis <linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:50 PM 3/9/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> DD> The licensing *policy* has not changed.  XFree86 has exercised the
> DD> same freedom of licensing choice that it has been offering its
> DD> contributors for some time.
>
> David,
>
> You keep ignoring one important objection to the licence change.
>
> A lot of the XFree86 code has been contributed under the XFree86
> licence by people who were acting under the assumption that their code
> would remain under the old licence.
>
> 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).
>
> 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).


i think that this is unfair.  there are more than just david on the
board of xfree86.  are you telling me that they are all just puppets
of one man?

mark. 


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