Re: Alternatives to Motif

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From: Robert W. Withrow
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1991 17:12

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In article <9103060204.AA10928@mole.ai.mit.edu> rms@MOLE.AI.MIT.EDU
(Richard Stallman) writes:

>...programs that use Motif won't be able to run on a GNU system, since
>Motif is not free and won't be available on GNU systems.

Why not?  Will GNU systems actively *prevent* Motif from running (with
some sort of GNU-pledge-of-allegance software test in the loader)?  In
the case of 386s, assuming that GNU will support ELF images (as I
gather it will and should) a person could buy a Motif package and
install it on a GNU system and Bingo, be running motif.  Alternative,
one could buy Motif source from OSF (for the paltry sum of $3000 I
believe ;-) ) and run it thatway.

As always, Freedom is a double edged sword.

BTW, don't take this as an ad for Motif: Personally, I wouldn't touch
the stuff!
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