Talk:Xft

crediting TOG for license?

A recent edit asserts that Xft "uses the MIT/X license that The Open Group applied after the post X11R6.4 license restoration", which doesn't appear likely because the earliest commit (in XFree86) identified as follows:

 * $XFree86$                                                                   
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 * Copyright \?A9 2000 Keith Packard, member of The XFree86 Project, Inc.      
 *                                                                             
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its 
 * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that  
 * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that          
 * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting            
 * documentation, and that the name of Keith Packard not be used in            
 * advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without 
 * specific, written prior permission.  Keith Packard makes no                 
 * representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It 
 * is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.   

There's no mention of The Open Group there, and given the relationship with XFree86, it doesn't appear plausible that XFree86 would use a license (written) by The Open Group. TEDickey (talk) 19:08, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

The X11R6.5.1 tree doesn't include Xft. TEDickey (talk) 19:09, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

According to https://tools.spdx.org/app/check_license/, the actual Xft license is "HPND-sell-variant", while the edit points to "MIT-open-group" (a difference) TEDickey (talk) 19:09, 4 June 2026 (UTC)