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  1. Bug #6765
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 6765

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KarlGoetz (kgoetz) wrote : Re: [Bug 6765] Re: xfree86: material under GLX Public License and SGI Free Software License B is not DFSG-free

On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:01 +0000, Andrius Štikonas wrote:
> Version 1.1 of the FreeB license was replaced by version 2.0, which
> mirrors the well-known X11 license. Under the terms of version 1.1,
> "once Covered Code has been published under a particular version of the
> License, Recipient may, for the duration of the License, continue to use
> it under the terms of that version, or choose to use such Covered Code
> under the terms of any subsequent version published by SGI."
>
> All old code can now be used under new license. It is now free software.

Not until all non-sgi copyright holders agree as well, which i belive
has not happened yet.

This should still be "In progress"