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Re: xfree86 license

To: Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: xfree86 license
From: Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:43:17 +1100
Cc: misc@openbsd.org
References: <200402170311.i1H3BipD023958@caligula.anu.edu.au>
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Darren Reed wrote:

> So what about the new license is unacceptable ?

The unilateral "give us credit" changes, at a time when the OpenBSD
project is trying to remove advertising clauses wherever legally possible.

Obviously Dawes feels his changes are so important that they override
the wishes of all those that come before him.

Not to mention that the subtly different wording injects yet another
unnecessary license into the world.

-d

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