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Subject: [Freeciv] Freedom (Re: Heelllllppp!!!)
From: Lalo Martins <lalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:12:18 -0300 
On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 09:00:01PM -0500, Todd Goodman wrote:
> 
> I'm pretty sure it is going to have to stay free since it incorporates
> XFree86 and X Window System code.

Uh? The X license explicitly permits someone to make a non-free
version. If I want (which I don't), I may port it to PalmOS and
declare my port proprietary. Or even press a CD with a verbatim
copy of XFree and put it under whatever license I want, as long
as I credit them.

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