license of Xorg dummy driver

[Adam Jackson]

The answer to this is probably the same as the answer for any other
xorg code you encounter without an explicit license. I answered this
before in some detail for the I2C code in the server:

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2019-March/059652.html

The dummy driver has a similar history, we imported it when we forked
from xfree86 and we (intentionally) forked from just before the change
to XFree86 1.1 license. As a project we've assumed unlicensed
contributions are made under MIT-like terms. If you want a stronger
assurance than that, probably that's between you and your lawyers to
work out.

- ajax


On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 1:13 AM Lan Horace <horacelan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> @Adam
> Do you have any comment for the license of dummy driver? Thanks a lot
>
> Horace
>
> ________________________________
> 发件人: xorg <xorg-bounces at lists.x.org> 代表 Lan Horace <horacelan at hotmail.com>
> 发送时间: 2022年1月19日 14:56
> 收件人: xorg at lists.x.org <xorg at lists.x.org>
> 主题: license of Xorg dummy driver
>
> Hi
> I have a question about the license of Xorg dummy driver. The code is at
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-dummy
>
> This repo is set as no license. According to
> http://choosealicense.com/licenses/no-license/
> I can't use or modify it. But my understanding is all Xorg license should be MIT license. So here my question is can I use or modify xf86-video-dummy driver? If it is really a MIT license, could anybody put the right license for this repo? Thanks a lot
>
> Horace
>