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From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: XView on non Sun platforms
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Date: 7 Feb 91 21:07:43 GMT
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In-reply-to: westhawk!thp@relay.EU.net's message of 31 Jan 91 11:07:43 GMT


>>>> Paul Turner <pturner@ese.ogi.edu> writes :

Paul> 1 CPU license $2495.00
Paul>It was my understanding that the ports
Paul> would be made available at no cost for for IBM, DEC and HP

>>>>> westhawk!thp@relay.EU.net (Timothy H Panton.) said:

Timothy> Perhaps this is just another use of Sun's new definition of
Timothy> the word "Free".  :-)

Right. XView is so free that parties outside Sun can grab the code,
port it to other architectures, and sell it as proprietary software.
Only goes to show that Sun should have put XView under the GPL.

/Lars
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Lars Fischer,  fischer@iesd.auc.dk   | Beauty is a French phonetic corruption
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