X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: r1378 - /
Author: branden
Date: 2004-05-10 16:30:06 -0500 (Mon, 10 May 2004)
New Revision: 1378
Modified:
HACKING
Log:
Make clarification.
Modified: HACKING
===================================================================
--- HACKING 2004-05-10 21:08:11 UTC (rev 1377)
+++ HACKING 2004-05-10 21:30:06 UTC (rev 1378)
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@
change in XFree86's license policy, and unclear information as to the scope of
the new license's application to changes even to files not explicitly
relicensed, no code committed to XFree86 CVS after 2004-02-12 should be included
-in Debian packages.
+in Debian packages. Changes from after that date must instead come from an
+independent source with a known DFSG-free and GPL-compatbiel provenance, and
+this will not exist in all cases.
Furthermore, XFree86's new license was tested in a preliminary fashion in a set
of changes committed to XFree86 CVS on 2003-10-08. These changes, which are
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