Re: Motif v lesstif - was Re: Netscape Communicator 4.01b6 ...
> > > > What do you mean? Making Lesstif and Motif binary compatible?
> > > > You must have OSF source for that :)
>
> I know that if someone want to sell Motif, he needs to buy the source
> from OSF and compile it. And if he wants to use the name "Motif" to
> sell their compilation, he needs to pay extra royalties.
>
> So, I think: US$ 70,00 is really *much* money for only one or two
> files.
There are many more Motif applications, Debian just doesn't "promote"
them into the distribution due to its "non-free" nature.
> I don't want to program with Motif, nor use the Motif Window
> Manager for X (I use Afterstep) so, why not someone sells only the
> libraries? Or even best: why Linux users don't join to buy the
> source, compile these libraries, and distribute them for free?
$40,000 was the cost of the Motif source license ...
Alex Y.
>
> Maybe I'm crazy, but who knows? It's an idea... ;-)
>
> []'s Alexander Gieg
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> There will be a time in which *all* the computers
> in the Earth will be using Linux! Amen!
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