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From: erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: OpenWindows Source Facts
Keywords: rumors
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.184153.20867@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 21 Nov 90 18:41:53 GMT
References: <3137@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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Reply-To: erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune)
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc.
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In article <3137@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, naughton@wind.Eng.Sun.COM (Patrick Naughton) writes:
>
>The Part Number for this Source Product is: OWPS-2.0-X-X-5.
>
>The source it NOT freely copiable... it is licensed for free, but the
>licensee may not redistribute the source... or make it available via
>ftp, etc...
>
>The source is free, but you must buy the documentation and media
>directly from a Sun distributor to get it.  The $995 barely covers our
>costs for producing and distributing the over 40 lbs of docs, not to
>mention the cost of administering this release process.  And once
>you've paid this money you have an unlimited site license and "Right To
>Use" agreement on all of the source.

Oh goody.  A brand new definition of the word "free."  I was getting tired
of the old one anyway...

>To be eligible for a license you must fit one of these four categories:
>
> o) SPARC archictecture hardware vendor.
> o) SVR4 licensee.
> o) non-unix platform developer (Amiga, MacOS, etc).
> o) NeWS lisceneee prior to Oct, 1987.

A new definition of "Open" too.   How quaint.

>Hardware vendors may deliver OpenWindows binaries on their platform but
>must pay royalties to Sun at the following schedule:
>
>unit volume		royalty/unit
   :
   royalties stuff omitted
>
>
>x-terminals are half price per seat.
>
>f3 font's are for display only.  Using xnews to drive printers (a la
>NeWSprint) is not covered under this license agreement.  Royalty
>agreements may be arranged on a contractual basis with Sun.

This "Free" release of "Open" windows gets less free and less open with
every posting I see.

Could someone please explain how this "free" version of "Open" Windows is
the slightest bit different (from a legal standpoint, not technical) than
Motif?

-- Erik

Disclaimer:  I speak for myself, not SGI.
             I'm sure all of these names are copyrighted by *somebody*