FW: Cygwin patches into X (fwd)

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <sssiddiqi at ipass dot net>]

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Suhaib

> Feel free to forward to the list if you like.
> 
> Nils.
> 
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> From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:00:17 -0400
> To: Nils Lohner <lohner@debian.org>
> Cc: debian-x@lists.debian.org
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> On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 05:10:33PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote:
> > Someone has patches to allow XF86 to be built under Windoze
> > with cygwin, and the XF people are reluctant to let 
> them in due to
> > commercial interestes, i.e. the finished X server 
> binaries can't be bundl=
> ed
> > with other software.  Where do I find a clue bat large 
> enough to change
> > this thinking?  Please have a lok at the mail below and 
> let me know what =
> I=20
> > can possibly do.
> 
> Yes, I saw the gigantic flamewar on xfree86-devel about 
> this, which was
> hopelessly entagled with what I'm sure is the thousandth 
> iteration of a
> BSD vs. GPL licensing flamewar on that list.
> 
> > My thinking: the patches do not force you to use cygwin 
> to compile, but=
> =20
> > rather just enable it for those who want it, and so I 
> don't see any reaso=
> n=20
> > why the XF people should object to the patches.  They 
> enhance and do not=
> =20
> > limit in any way.  If someone else wants to posrt it to 
> a compiler with a=
> =20
> > different license, noone is stopping them.
> 
> That's true.
> 
> > This is really frustrating me, people being this narrow 
> minded (what's th=
> e=20
> > politically correct term for that? :) and I'm hoping 
> people here will hav=
> e=20
> > some useful suggestions.
> 
> Uh, this mailing list is brand new and pretty limited in 
> scope.  (See the
> charter at <http://www.debian.org/~branden/>.)
> 
> If some folks here want to form or join a coalition about 
> this, I don't
> care, but I personally have too many irons in the fire as 
> is and don't have
> much personal interest in such a thing (though you can be 
> sure I'd use it
> if it saw the light of day).
> 
> Ultimately I think the best way to change XFree86's mind 
> on things like
> this is:
>   1) Make very sure all these cygwin changes are 
> MIT-licensed.  I don't see
>      why this should be such a big deal as the X source 
> base already
>      supports tons of proprietary compilation 
> environments already.
>   2) If they don't listen, fork.  The sound of moving 
> feet is a powerful
>      motivator.  When interests diverge, this is often 
> the best thing to
>      do.
> 
> Point 2 has problems with the XFree86 membership 
> agreement, though,
> especially if the current patches are based against the 
> CVS version of the
> XFree86 code.  Then again, with 3.9.16 out, how different 
> can it be?
> 
> I don't really have much more advice than that.  I also 
> don't feel this
> topic is terribly germane to this list, so if interested 
> parties from this
> list would consider mailing each other about I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Sorry to sound so uninterested but I really just have too 
> much on my plate
> to concern myself with XFree86 for Windows.  I hope you 
> can sympathize.
> 
> - --=20
> G. Branden Robinson              |   You don't just 
> decide to break Kubrick=
> 's
> Debian GNU/Linux                 |   code of silence and 
> then get drawn away
> branden@ecn.purdue.edu           |   from it to a 
> discussion about cough
> cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |   medicine.
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