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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!pacbell.com!unet!blunt!dsilvia From: dsilvia@blunt.net.com (Dave Silvia) Subject: Re: MOTIF Message-ID: <1993Mar9.171156.4415@unet.net.com> Sender: news@unet.net.com Nntp-Posting-Host: blunt Organization: Network Equipment Technologies References: <1993Mar3.142549.8838@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> <1993Mar3.174457.20969@unet.net.com> <1993Mar9.150912.15556@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 17:11:56 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1993Mar9.150912.15556@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt ) writes: >In article <1993Mar3.174457.20969@unet.net.com> dsilvia@blunt.net.com () writes: >>In article <1993Mar3.142549.8838@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt ) writes: >>>[...] His port works fine, and I use his mwm every day. >> >>What are your licensing rates for using Motif? > >I haven't checked with Enrico lately, but I think he charges some $150, which >includes media cost and international postage. > >> And what do you mean 'His port'? > >Well, just that. He took the 1.1.1 source and produced working binaries for >386bsd 0.1 -- that's what I call a port, maybe it's not the correct word. > Just trying to ascertain (discretely, if possible -- but guess not) if the mwm etc. that is available is 'legal'. What I meant was, I was under the impression that you could only get licensed by OSF for Motif runtime and/or source. Is it 'legal' to get from somone's 'port'. Anyone who has access to Motif sources can compile it under any OS/X environment (thus 'porting' it), but that does not make it licensed by OSF nor are they at liberty to pass it on. At least, that's the way it works at my company. We have source and object for Motif to produce our applications, but are not at liberty to use it for any other purpose. We resell mwm, for instance, with all the appropriate copyrights under OSF license for the purpose of our customers being able to use our applications. Is Enrico licensed by OSF and allowed to resell under this license? I have access to Motif libraries/executables/sources at work, but I cannot download it (legally) to my 386bsd and build/use it. Dave S.