[fdo] xorg-xf86-input-keyboard license

Adam Jackson ajax at redhat.com
Tue Oct 29 20:20:15 UTC 2019


On Sun, 2019-10-27 at 09:37 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> We should probably delete lnx_kbd.c, both to give license clarity and to stop
> people from thinking it's a useful driver to have on Linux systems any more.
> 
> If you're building the X server for a Linux box you want either the libinput
> or evdev drivers instead of keyboard.  If you're building for something without
> a Linux kernel, then you won't be building the lnx_kbd.c file any way.

Seconded:

https:/gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-keyboard/merge_requests/1

This does mean any future releases will need to be done from a non-
Linux host, since it will no longer build.

- ajax



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