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From: cflatter@ZIA.AOC.NRAO.EDU (Chris Flatters)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Motif 1.1 shipping (please read this too)
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Date: 1 Sep 90 18:09:15 GMT
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Davis Brooks (dbrooks@osf.org) writes:

> - No, OSF/Motif source is not available by FTP from anywhere.  It is a
>   licensed software offering.  If you do find it available for free,
>   please call McGruff the crime dog (our lawyers will do).

Since Sun Microsystems are willing to give away the source for their
"proprietary" XView toolkit (with enough bits and pieces to make a level
1 implementation of OPEN LOOK) I find it inexplicable that the "Open"
Software Foundation charge for the source for their GUI tookit (and top
this with a per-copy fee for distributing binaries).

I challenge OSF to put their principles where their publicity is and
release OSF/Motif under the GNU General Public License, either version 1
or, at their option, a later version.  As the OSF has made substantial
donations to the Free Software Foundation, I presume that they are in
favour of free software.

			Chris Flatters