[nmglug] XFree86's new license?

[Gary Sandine]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 04:53:36PM -0700, Sam Noble wrote:
> So what do you folks have to say about the new X license?
> 
> http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licenses.html
> 
> Which includes:
> 3.
> The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any,
> must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes
> software developed by The XFree86 Project, Inc (http://www.xfree86.org/)
> and its contributors", in the same place and form as other third-party
> acknowledgments. Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the
> software itself, in the same form and location as other such third-party
> acknowledgments.

Isn't it true that the BSD clause addresses advertising, and this
is not an advertising clause (it is a documentation clause, rather)?
It's confusing to me that Debian Weekly News refers to it as a
"BSD-style advertising clause".  I understand the "BSD-style" part,
but not the "advertising clause" part.

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gars at laclinux.com