Re: [gNewSense-users] xfont-core and GLX Public License

[Kevin Dean]

*** This message is intended for developers and those willing to
handle breakage for testing. This is NOT intended to be followed by
average users. You have been warned. ***

Karl and I have been looking at the xserver-xorg-core package because
we've already determined that the GLX Public License is non-free. I've
removed the non-free code from the package and rebuilt it to liberate
it. These packages can be found on my site at
http://www.foreverdean.info/kevin/downloads/gnewsense/ and they are,
as follows:

xdmx
xdmx-tools
xnest
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-dev
xvfb

In addition, corresponding source code for these packages can be found
in the sources directory in that same location.

These packages have glx disabled. This means installing these packages
will cause a lot of breakage with some programs. I know for SURE that
Blender refuses to start and certain screensavers fall over dead.
Exactly how serious this change is has yet to be seen but my virtual
machines can boot and display many GUI applications with these new
packages.

-Kevin

On Nov 13, 2007 2:48 AM, Edianer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hmm, that's a problem, we have many important packages with GLX Public
> License or SGI Free Software License B code.
> e.g.
> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00125
> http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00122
> and others they are marked as free.
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2007 9:35 PM, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I recieved feedback from address@hidden today regarding the GLX
> > Public License:
> >
> > The GLX Public License is non-free because of section 7 (and maybe
> > others). It terminates if your use of the software infringes copyrights
> > or patents which are not SGI's (or whoever is the copyright holder).
> > This is problematic for the same reason as discussed on
> > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html> for the SGI Free
> > Software License B, which is similar to the GLX Public License.
> >
> > This means that the source package for xorg-server has non-free in the
> > following files:
> > GL/glx/glxext.c
> > hw/dmx/glxProxy/glxext.c
> >
> > and therefore CONFIRMS bug 129 (http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00129).
> >
> > Any programmers out there have any clue how this will impact the distro?
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 5, 2007 11:09 AM, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > No, the FSF has not sent me any more information regarding this license.
> > >
> > > -Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/5/07, Edianer <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > Hi Kevin, do you got now a response from address@hidden
> > > >
> > > > Edi
> > > >
> > > > On 10/30/07, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > The GLX Public License is "Unverified" thus far. I THINK it is Free
> > > > > Software, but I'm not 100% sure.
> > > > >
> > > > > I suggested on an earlier thread about this license to contact
> > > > > address@hidden I've now taken the time to do that myself.
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't gotten a responce, but should anyone else need info the
> > > > > message was assigned an ID of "[gnu.org #346281]".
> > > > >
> > > > > Hopefully we can get this put to rest AND have an additional license
> > > > > added to the FSF/GNU.org list for future PFV work.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Kevin Dean
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/30/07, Edi Granado <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * I'm not sure about xfonts-core. The copyright file is not 
> > > > > > meaningful to me:
> > > > > > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/x/xfonts-core/xfonts-core_6.8.2.1-5/copyright
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The file includes (i'm not 100% sure) xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi,
> > > > > > xfonts-scalable, xfonts-base which they are free.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * Is the GLX Public License free?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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