Re: /usr/X11R6
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To everyone who argued that X was dead, and we shall never see
> another release of X11, I say: Hah! Never is a long long time.
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/x/
I checked the reference, and... wow! It's free!
X Window System License - X11R6.4
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Did The Open Group silently reverse its decision about changing the
license for versions beyond X11R6.3?
> Making assumptions that things that shall upset the apple cart
> shall never happen, and skimping on design for the general case,
> almost always backfire, in a twisted invocation of murphy's law.
I'm happy that this particular one backfired :-)
Richard Braakman
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