On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:58:37 +1100 Daniel Stone wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 03:10:47AM -0800, Ben Johnson wrote: > > I am trying to make sure Debian's > > stance on software freedom is compatible with that of > > the FSF and with mine, and if not, try and reconcile > > them. > > The FSF has an issue with X as a whole, as the sample implementation > (aka XFree86/Xorg) is licensed under a mix of MIT/X11 and > three-clause BSD licences, both of which are open source rather than > free software licences. [...] > None of X is free as defined by the FSF. It is open source as defined > by the OSI, and free as defined by the DFSG, but the FSF would not > call MIT/X11 or three-clause BSD free software.
Sorry? The FSF lists both the X11 (a.k.a. MIT) license and the 3-clause BSD (a.k.a. Modified BSD) license as GPL-Compatible, Free Software Licenses. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses They are both simple, permissive non-copyleft licenses, but they are free software licenses. [...] > > To sum it up, even if it can be demonstrated by sheer > > legalese that nv deserves to be in main, I still lift > > my voice to show my disaproval. May the naives like me > > encounter this thread on their favourite search engine > > ! > > If you want a fully free software experience, may I suggest a video > card from one of the few vendors these days who distribute > specifications to open source developers? Yes, please. I can only cite a work-in-progress project: the Open Graphics project. http://wiki.duskglow.com/index.php/Open-Graphics But if you know of a modern-day video card with * accelerated 3D capabilities * published hardware specs * Free BIOS and firmware * Free DRI drivers that is already in stores waiting for my money, then *please* tell us! -- Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ...................................................................... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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