Re: OpenMotif on ClosedVMS

From: Keith Parris (keithparris_NOSPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/29/03 

Date: 29 Dec 2003 09:46:55 -0800

JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com> wrote in message news:<3FEFBA83.24C86DDE@istop.com>...
> Is there a commitment that the code base will continue to be shared ?

As the FAQ explains, "both Motif and Open Motif share the same
functionality and source code. The primary difference between Open
Motif and the commercial product is the software license." What
incentive would there be to make the code bases different? That would
just make maintenance a headache, and any differences or
incompatibilities would defeat their stated goal to "allow the many
Motif applications to more easily be made available ... thus
increasing the variety of applications available, delivering greater
choice for buyers and a larger market for vendors" or in other words,
to make Motif an industry standard across ALL platforms.

To that end, it appears the direction is to remove the royalty/license
fee restrictions entirely. That would remove the only real difference
between Motif and OpenMotif. From
http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/faq.html :

"QUESTION:

Will Motif be made Open Source in the future?

ANSWER:

Yes, we hope to be able to make a distribution under a license
complying with the Open Source guidelines sometime in the future. For
now this is as close as to Open Source as we could get."

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