From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id CAA60036 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 02:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id CAA19598 for linux-list; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 02:30:38 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id CAA01122 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 02:30:36 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (torbjorn.gannholm@fra.se) Received: from x.fra.se (x.fra.se [193.12.220.1]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via SMTP id CAA08825 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 02:30:34 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (torbjorn.gannholm@fra.se) Received: from fra.se by x.fra.se via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI.AUTO) for id LAA07460; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:39:08 +0200 Message-ID: <3714623B.71134314@fra.se> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:39:08 +0200 From: Torbjorn Gannholm X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP12) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com" Subject: Re: Resources in X11 port References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Alan Cox wrote: > > > That doesn't prevent someone from providing a driver under a different > > > license (very possibly including the XFree86 code under that license), > > > but a driver not under an X license will not become part of XFree86. > > > > Fork time! > > That is a very good reason for not doing so A pity there isn't any really free X-code. A pity too that so many apps depend on X. How far could you go in making an X-compatible interface for another window-handler? (like copyrightwise) For most apps it might be enough (but a lot of work) to make some toolkits work with another base. There are certainly projects going on for other handlers, like GNUstep who are doing DPS. And I saw a reference to a german group who were doing something else. But then again, what's to say that X will lock away ports, the way things are going in other areas of development? I think there is more and more openness coming all the time, and any closed-source code will eventually be overtaken by open-source equivalents. The GPL is a nice guarantee, though, if the FSF have resources to enforce it... Just 2c´s. -- /Torbjörn This message is a personal message from Torbjörn Gannholm and does not necessarily represent the opinion of my employer.