Re: Don't use Motif for free sw: it now requires runtime royalties!

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From: Frank Lofaro
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 06:10

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In article <1993Nov20.201945.25355@spectrum.xerox.com> leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com writes:
>I recall when Motif was coming out there was a request not to use it since
>its not free...
>
>I'm not an X programmer (yet) but an X user/builder/debugger of 
>C code...
>
>From what I've seen its not clear what you accomplish with motif you 
>can't accomplish with the Athena widgets...
>maybe its a little harder (?? -- how much?) but at
>least its free to give away...
>

I agree! If we could port the freeware Motif apps (most notably, xmosaic), to 
use Athena widgets, it would end a lot of these sticky problems. Plus, I 
find the motif look and feel to be "cheesy" sometimes. (twm {does this use the 
Athena widgets?} is nicer than mwm, as far a I'm concerned).

The Athena widgets come standard with X, (and free), it would make things 
much easier if people used that! (not only less copyright problems, but 
no additional libraries that are not standard with X would be needed, taking 
up space)

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From: ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro)
Subject: Re: Don't use Motif for free sw: it now requires runtime royalties!
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