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In article <TADGUY.90Dec10200525@abi2.larc.nasa.gov> tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) writes:

   Did anyone confront Sun about their ``free'' OpenWindows sources
   (which costs $1000), preferably in an open forum?

The problem is - the open forum didn't put the people who know to the
mike. I believe the public response was - we'll post a clarification.


I went to the Open Vista's BOF, and meet the person who knew the real
answer. (Her name escapes me).


I believe the correct story (take this with a grain of salt) is

1) if you own a SPARC, you can but the sources for $995

2) If you own SVR4 SOURCE license, you can buy the sources for $995
  (Since this code is already on the source tape - I don't quite see
   the point - unless this is different source. Perhaps the real deal
   is you get the documentation.)

3) If you already bought NeWS source - you can get the Source for $995

4) If you have a non-unix machine - you can buy the source.

I still don't understand the mechanism that will allow me to port to a
non-SPARC machine, if this is indeed legal. When I asked the question
about buying the source for my non-unix home computer - and porting it
to a DECstation - they didn't want to answer this without an attorney.

The real purpose was to make the DEVELOPER's source environment available.
Making the binary port available for non-SPARC machines was not discussed.
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Bruce G. Barnett	barnett@crd.ge.com	uunet!crdgw1!barnett