August 30th, 2004
X-Chat Win32 Goes Shareware…
… and causes an uproar.
The official thread on the topic on xchat.org forums is nothing compared to the fiery stuff at IRC Junkie. Almost everybody is saying that GPL is being broken and those who contributed code are wondering about the licensing of their code.
This open letter to Zed, the core developer of X-Chat, and his subsequent reply also make for an interesting read.