Is Xfce copyrighted or free software

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:55:11 +0200 Jarno Suni wrote:

> I have looked into several source files in the trunk repository an
> every one have been marked as copyrighted in their introductory
> comment. On the other hand they have been designated as free software
> that you can redistribute and/or modify under the terms of the GNU
> General Public License. Don't you think the two statements contradict?

Not at all.  The GPL (and any other similar license, even the BSD
license) is only enforceable *because* of copyright.

Please read up on this on your own (I'd suggest starting at the FSF's
webpage); it's way off topic for this list.

	-brian