Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!cs.widener.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.org.sug Subject: Re: any feedback about sun's free ($1000) ow sources? Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 20:39:19 GMT References: Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 35 In-reply-to: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov's message of 11 Dec 90 02:05:25 GMT In article 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. -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett