xfree86 license

[Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>]

So what about the new license is unacceptable ?
The grant of rights and permissions has not changed.

The problem (for non-BSD projects) is that the license has been
changed with respect to advertising.  Whereas before it did not
require attribution to the XFree86 project, it now does.  This
part of the original UCB license caused rms & the linux community
much angst.  I can see why all the Linuxites might be getting
upset about this but I can't see why anyone from *BSD should.

I also can't see why this change should be of concern to OpenBSD,
it already ignores such advertising clause license requirements in
code imported from NetBSD.


>From http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html

                             XFree86(TM) Licenses

   The current version of the XFree86 Project license is 1.1 which
   commences with XFree86 version 4.3.99.903 (XFree86 4.4.0 RC3).

   Version 1.0 of the licence applies to all previous XFree86 versions.

Version 1.1 of XFree86 Project License.

     Copyright (C) 1994-2004 The XFree86 Project, Inc.
     All rights reserved.

     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
     obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
     files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
     restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
     modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicence, and/or sell copies
     of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
     furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
       distribution, and in the same place and form as other copyright,
       license and disclaimer information.
    3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if
       any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product
       includes software developed by The XFree86 Project, Inc
       (http://www.xfree86.org/) and its contributors", in the same place
        and form as other third-party acknowledgments. Alternately, this
       acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, in the same form
       and location as other such third-party acknowledgments.
    4. Except as contained in this notice, the name of The XFree86
       Project, Inc shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to
       promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without
       prior written authorization from The XFree86 Project, Inc.

     THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
     WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
     OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
     DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE XFREE86 PROJECT, INC OR ITS
     CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
     SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
     LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
     USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
     ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
     OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
     OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
     SUCH DAMAGE.

Version 1.0 of XFree86 Project License.

     Copyright (C) 1994-2003 The XFree86 Project, Inc.
     All Rights Reserved.

     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
     obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
     files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
     restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
     modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicence, and/or sell copies
     of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
     furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

     The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
     included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
     EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
     MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
     NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE
     FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
     CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
     WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

     Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project
     shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale,
     use or other dealings in this Software without prior written
     authorization from the XFree86 Project.
     _________________________________________________________________

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