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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: OSF-DCE for bsd?
Date: 3 Aug 1994 04:22:29 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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In article <31l5hq$gpc@gmdzi.gmd.de> lux@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Lux) writes:
] does anybody know about a version of OSF-DCE for bsd?

I just got all my Motif 2.0 ordering information today.

On the marketing fluff received, there was the statement "Motif is
also the base Graphical User Inteface specification for the Common
Desktop Environment (CDE) ...".

OSF/CDE is seperately licenseable, but let's see what you are getting
yourself into with just Motif...  here are a couple of quotes:

2a. OSF/Motif Source License with Full Distribution Rights

	Initial CPU Source License			$15,000
	Initial CPU Source License Upgrade from R1.2
		Full Distribution			 $9,000
	Additional CPU Source License (royalty copy)	 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License Upgrade from
		R1.1 (royalty copy)			 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License (royalty copy/
		OSF ships)				 $3,000

2b. OSF/Motif Source License with Developer Distribution Rights
	(Allows distribution of OSF/Motif Executive and Run Time
	 copies only)

	Initial CPU Source License			 $7,500
	Initial CPU Source License Upgrade from R1.2
		Full Distribution			 $5,000
	Additional CPU Source License (royalty copy)	 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License Upgrade from
		R1.1 (royalty copy)			 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License (royalty copy/
		OSF ships)				 $3,000
	Upgrade to R2.0 Full Distribution Rights
		License					$15,000

2a. OSF/Motif Source License with Limited Distribution Rights**
	(Allows distribution of Run Time copies only)

	Initial CPU Source License			 $2,000
	Initial CPU Source License Upgrade from R1.2
		Full Distribution			 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License (royalty copy)	 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License Upgrade from
		R1.1 (royalty copy)			 $2,000
	Additional CPU Source License (royalty copy/
		OSF ships)				 $3,000
	Upgrade to R2.0 Full Distribution Rights
		License					$15,000
	Upgrade to R2.0 Developer Distribution Rights
		License					$7,500



...

Minimum per copy royalty payments

For OSF/Motif R2.0 Full, Developer and Limited Rights License

Option A&B - OSF/Motif (2a/2b)
Motif Object Code Copy Royalty Fee				$40.00
Motif Object Code Copy Royalty Fee for Single User Systems	$21.00
Motif Object Code Copy Royalty Fee for Embedded Systems		$12.00
Motif Object Code Copy Royalty Fee for Floating User License	$40.00

There are price breaks (except for the floating license), that go as
low as $10, $5, and $3 repsectively for 160,001 + copies.
The minimum proce break is $32, $18, and $10 for 5001+, 1001+, and
5001+ copies, respectively.

You can royalty buy-out at $3,000,000/1 year, $1,000,000 for the same
thing for a single OS, and $100,00 for embedded systems (X terminals).

There is also a limited offer on the Validation Test Suite (VTS), where
it will be included at no charge for a single architecture (usually a
$10,000 cost) if you purchase a Motif source license values at $7,500,
or greater by September 30, 1994 (must complete section 3 of licensing
kit).




I'm posting this, both to show that the pricing of the Motif for BSD stuff
that is out there is not that unreasonable, and to encourage the 1.2.3
distributors out ther to upgrade thair distributions and, hopefully,
include CDE in the mix for both Linux and BSD.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.