Re: Download location of X11 for 10.2
Re: Download location of X11 for 10.2
- Subject: Re: Download location of X11 for 10.2
- From: Kurt Bigler <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 21:32:44 -0800
on 10/31/03 9:12 PM, Torrey T. Lyons <email@hidden> wrote:
> On or about October 29, Jim Elliot wrote:
>> XDarwin works just fine, and is freely available from the XFree86
>> project, < http://xfree86.org/ >. I've no idea what you're talking
>> about in terms of a license fee.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2003, at 23:57, Kurt Bigler wrote:
>>
>> But I would assume that XDarwin is less likely to resemble X11 1.0
>> than the X11 public beta would, no? The single-user license price
>> for XDarwin far exceeds the price of the *freeware* I am porting to
>> OS X with the help of X11, so the ultimate use of XDarwin (to allow
>> use of a single application only) might not be an option.
>
> As mentioned, XDarwin is freely available, although some third
> parties will charge you a fee for distributing it. (This is allowed
> under its open source license.)
>
> In any case the next release of XFree86, version 4.4.0, will very
> closely resemble X11 1.0. XFree68 4.4.0 should be available in late
> December. The two should largely be equivalent with each one having
> small advantages. Of course the main advantage for XFree86 4.4.0 is
> that it will be supported all the way back to Mac OS X 10.1.x. (Mac
> OS X 10.2 will be required to get equivalent GLX performance to X11
> 1.0.)
>
> --Torrey
Thanks to all for the clarifications regarding XDarwin.
Maybe I will give up on X11.
For the time being however, I am still seeking to download the X11 beta, so
if anyone finds that it is still somehow available, I will appreciate any
information.
Thanks,
Kurt Bigler
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