At 09:46 -0400 1999-08-24, Kristopher Johnson wrote:
There is a lot of GPL-licensed software out there that depends upon X. I don't think that anyone requires those packages to be accompanied by a GPL-ed X implementation. So, it appears that X is considered to be a "major component" for purposes of the GPL.
No it's not, the X license and the GPL are compatible. Thus the exception does not come into play.
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