Re: Patches from XFree86

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Subject: Re: Patches from XFree86
From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:34:26 -0000
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Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:40:03AM -0000, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>> For some people, this appears to be simply by renaming things.

> Sometimes things get renamed because a copyright license requires them
> to be renamed upon modification (see some versions of the Apache
> Software License), or because a trademark is asserted on the name.

> These are separate issues, and should not be conflated.

I didn't have that sort of example in mind, actually.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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  - From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net>
- Re: Patches from XFree86
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- Re: Patches from XFree86
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