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Old 27th May 2009
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So it looks like #3 here is the bad guy

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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.
Now, I'm not trying to be a wise a*s or flog a dead horse, but I don't understand what is less free or non free about giving someone credit for what they did? Ethically that seems to me the right thing to do. But, I understand law has nothing to do with Ethics.
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