www/philosophy x.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/12/30 20:01:45

Modified files:
        philosophy     : x.html 

Log message:
        Update; we cooperate with x.org, which has mostly replaced xfree86.org.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/x.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21

Patches:
Index: x.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/x.html,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -b -r1.20 -r1.21
--- x.html      15 Dec 2009 15:50:08 -0000      1.20
+++ x.html      30 Dec 2009 20:01:39 -0000      1.21
@@ -83,17 +83,16 @@
 restrictive license, they were willing to consider the idea.  (They
 were firmly against staying with the old X11 distribution terms.)
 Before they said yes or no to this proposal, it had already failed for
-another reason: the <a href="http://www.xfree86.org/";>XFree86</a> 
-group follows the X Consortium's old policy, and will not accept
-copylefted software.
+another reason: the XFree86 group followed the X Consortium's old
+policy, and will not accept copylefted software.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-[In September 1998, several months after X11R6.4 was released with
+In September 1998, several months after X11R6.4 was released with
 nonfree distribution terms, the Open Group reversed its decision and
 rereleased it under the same non-copyleft free software license that
-was used for X11R6.3.  Thank you, Open Group.]
-</p>
+was used for X11R6.3.  Thus, the Open Group therefore eventually did
+what was right, but that does not alter the general issue.</p>
 
 <p>
 Even if the X Consortium and the Open Group had never planned to
@@ -113,14 +112,14 @@
 <p>
 When you work on the core of X, on programs such as the X server,
 Xlib, and Xt, there is a practical reason not to use copyleft.  The
-XFree86 group does an important job for the community in maintaining
+X.org group does an important job for the community in maintaining
 these programs, and the benefit of copylefting our changes would be
 less than the harm done by a fork in development.  So it is better to
-work with the XFree86 group and not copyleft our changes on these
-programs.  Likewise for utilities such as xset and xrdb, which are
-close to the core of X and do not need major improvements.  At
-least we know that the XFree86 group has a firm commitment to
-developing these programs as free software.</p>
+work with them, and not copyleft our changes on these programs.
+Likewise for utilities such as xset and xrdb, which are close to the
+core of X and do not need major improvements.  At least we know that
+the X.org group has a firm commitment to developing these programs as
+free software.</p>
 
 <p>
 The issue is different for programs outside the core of X:
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Copyright &copy; 1999 Richard M. Stallman
+Copyright &copy; 1998, 1999, 2009 Richard M. Stallman
 <br />
 Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is 
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/12/15 15:50:08 $
+$Date: 2009/12/30 20:01:39 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>