[ Thanks to D.C.
Parris for this link. ]
“The Free Software Foundation has confirmed that Xming
developer, Colin Harrison, has overreached his limits by attempting
to impose additional restrictions beyond the requirements of the
GNU GPL and LGPL.“According to Brett Smith, Licensing Compliance Engineer for the
Free Software Foundation, developers may request that users contact
them prior to redistribution, but they cannot require users to
obtain further permission beyond what has already been granted by
the GPLv2…”
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