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Re: xfree86 4.4.0



jack kinnon wrote:
> I'm not familiar with those licencing stuff. Does it
> mean that future software fr xfree86 will no more be
> free?

Yes, that is correct.  XFree86 changed their copyright recently and it
is no longer free.  The major distros have dropped it due to the new
licensing restrictions.  This is not a Debian specific.  Here are some
slashdot articles on it.

  http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/18/131223.shtml?tid=104
  http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/17/226216.shtml?tid=104&tid=110&tid=152&tid=185&tid=187&tid=189

Bob

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