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- From: kaleb@swat (Kaleb Keithley)
- Subject: Re: [386bsd] need motif
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.223849.18131@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: motif 386bsd
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 22:38:49 GMT
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- In article mattb@sdd.hp.com (Matt Bonner) writes:
- >In article tjon@plains.NoDak.edu (Christopher C. Tjon) writes:
- >|>
- >|> BTW, If there is enough interest I could begin to maintain an archive here
- >|> on plains.nodak.edu. I am sure that this package will need some porting
- >|> to 386bsd. I was planning to do it over the holidays. Feed back is
- >|> welcome
- >|>
- >
- >Well, I stand corrected, I guess there is a version of Motif available,
- >although 1.1.2 is fairly old at this point. I think 1.2.1 came out
- >recently or will be out soon. Unfortunately, the licensing got much
- >steeper as of 1.2. Which leads to my feedback.
- >
- >I would be quite interested in a PD version of Motif, but I'm also
- >curious what version of Motif they are claiming compliance with.
- >Both the documentation and the functionality of the code have
- >changed and continue to change. Not to mention the correctness of
- >OSF/Motif...
-
- Chris,
- I'm curious to know just what you intend to keep in this archive? Motif
- is proprietary, and if you talk to the OSF people at the various X get-
- togethers like Xhibition, X Technical Conference, etc. they'll tell you
- just how vigorously they go after people who put Motif (libraries, program
- files, source, etc.) onto anonymous ftp sites.
-
- Matt,
- It's possible to get a "Full Distribution" license for 1.0.x and 1.1.x
- for $1000. The "Full Distribution" license is the magic key to selling
- Motif libraries and programs. A "Full Distribution" license for 1.2.x
- however is $15,000.
-
- I'm not sure what you're asking/saying about in terms of "version
- compliance". Delta bugs, all versions of Motif are compliant with whatever
- specification exists. But it's in pplications development where compliance,
- in particular, compliance with the Style Guide becomes an issue. It's
- possible to write non-compliant applications with any version of Motif.
- It's also possible to write compliant applications without the Motif Widget
- Set.
-
- If you have more questions about what you can and cannot do with Motif,
- I suggest that you contact OSF directly. Their address, email and other-
- wise, are in the comp.windows.x and comp.windows.x.motif FAQs.
-
- I also once again humbly submit, that if you want the 3D look and and most
- of the feel of Motif, without the licensing hassles, try Xaw3d. The current
- version is 0.5, and it's on export.lcs.mit.edu (18.24.0.12) in the file
- ~/ftp/contrib/Xaw3d/R5/Xaw3d-0.5.tar.Z
-
- --
-
- Kaleb Keithley kaleb@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
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