On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 10:10, Phil Richards wrote:
> On 2004-02-27, Brad Laue <brad@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >  Matthew Kennedy wrote:
> > > Stewart <blkdeath@gentoo.org> writes:
> > >>Graphical User Environment = Market Acceptance. Period.
> > > Irrelevant.
> >  Very relevant. The year Linux begins to make its big stand as an 
> >  end-user operating system its chief graphical component is rejected 
> >  en-masse in a game of license-chicken. Who will blink first?
> 
> It may be relevant to "let's get as many people to use Linux as possible".
> It is irrelevant to the legality, or otherwise, of distributing GPL and
> new-XFree86 licensed code.
> 
> "But, Your Honour, we only included Microsoft Office without a license
> to do so from Microsoft in the Gentoo distribution to give it more
> chance on the desktop.  How can that be against the law?"
> 
> Not a very convincing argument, is it?  So why do you want to use the
> same style of argument here?

It is not the same thing. If Xfree86 can be argued to be a standard
componet of a system Gentoo can COMPLY with the Xfree86 License AND be
compatible with the GPL for those applications linking wiht Xfree86.

-John