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From: walterm@iat.holonet.net (Walter D. Montalvo)
Subject: MOTIF
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 17:47:49 GMT
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Hi:
This may have been discussed before, but, is there interest in
purchasing MOTIF for 386BSD and distributing the binaries?
The reason why I am asking this is because there is a thread
in comp.os.linux where people are discussing the possibility
of buying the source and full distribution rights for Motif,
porting it to Linux and then distributing the binaries.
This would be done, I think, through a University who could purchase
the full Motif license.
The costs involved are:
Sources and full distribution rights: $15,000 (?)
For each binary copy distributed: $50
In the thread, they estimated that if 100 people were interested
in pooling resources, they would have to pay $150 to cover the
binary distribution and other related costs.
Is there any interest in using Motif in 386BSD?
If there is interest, the more people the better, lowering costs
and creating a bigger pool of users/testers of Motif on
386BSD and Linux.
Of course there is the question where using Motif is appropriate
or goes against the spirit of freely available software. However,
it is my opinion that some developers might want to have the
Motif interface for their applications. Also, there is concern
that supporting this would take away support from FSF.
What are your opinions?