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Re: x is dead - non-free



I wrote:
> It is the *next* release of X that will be non-free.  The present release
> will remain free and remain available, and XFree86 will continue to
> maintain and support it.

George Bonser writes:
> Stop!

Stop what?

> XFree will ALWAYS be free.

Yes, of course it will.  'X', however, refers to 'The X Window System',
which is a registered trademark of TOG.  X11R6.4 will be the next release
of X, and it will not be free.  Doesn't matter much, though, because we
have XFree.  I thought I made that clear.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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