[Freeciv] Re: Freedom (Re: Heelllllppp!!!)

["Todd Goodman" <tsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK.  Let's not go down the "the X/BSD/XFree licensing suck because..."
rathole.

Just take a look at the Cygnus XFree project which is all freely available
open source code and convince yourself that it will remain free or that it
could easily be picked up by someone interested in keeping it free.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: freeciv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:freeciv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Lalo Martins
> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 9:12 PM
> To: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Freeciv] Freedom (Re: Heelllllppp!!!)
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> 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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