Why is Xvnc not in XFree86 source tree?

Alan Hourihane alanh "at" fairlite.demon.co.uk
Mon Jun 17 21:12:01 2002


On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 03:59:43PM -0400, Thomas Chadwick wrote:
> Just wondering why the Xvnc source has not been integrated into the XFree86 
> source tree?  Is it because it is an "incomplete" X server in that it lacks 
> the viewer piece?  Come to think of it, if that's the case, then can't you 
> somehow pair it with the vncviewer X client to make it a "complete" X 
> server?

Because it's GPL, and not under the MIT license.

Alan.