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Richard Stallman recently posted a request that FSF supporters avoid
writing and using Motif-based applications on the grounds that Motif
is a non-Free product.  While I wholeheartedly support the FSF and the
concept of Free software, I can't help but wish that such support was
not counterproductive to the goals of standardization efforts by the
various vendor and organizations at work in the X/UNIX community. 

It occurred to me that perhaps the FSF could develop it's own Free
version of the Motif libraries, not based on the reference
implementation marketed by the Open Software Foundation.  I don't
think there would be any legal problems with the existence of such a
product.  Am I wrong?  Would the name "Motif" be able to be used in
the name of the product?  What if the FSF were to join the OSF?  Would
that give them any extra rights?  (What would that cost?  Do NPO's get
a discounted OSF membership?)

Anybody else think this idea is worth pursuing?  Anyone willing to
write the code?  :-)

-- 
Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov)
Martin Marietta Energy Systems
Workstation Support