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From: taylort@decus.com.au (Trevor Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc,comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Wanted: Motif window manager client for VMS
Message-ID: <8768.27caea4f@decus.com.au>
Date: 26 Feb 91 13:07:58 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.003901.2719@convex.com>, datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>>> I was wondering if anyone could supply me with the Motif window
>>> manager client binary for VMS.
> 
>>Firstly, this request amounts to software piracy as it is written.
> 
> How so?  The post didn't explicitly ask for the OSF's Motif toolkit.  Unless
> I'm confused, "Motif" is a way things look, not a product.  NCD's latest
> software sticks a non-OSF mwm into the server, as I understand.

PLEASE NOTE: I do *NOT* want to start a great debate here!

I would like to hear some comment from OSF on this. The mwm that
DEC sells most certainly came from OSF sources. There is a royalty
due for the toolkit, and mwm definitely uses the toolkit. However,
my understanding is that application developers do not have to
pay any royalty so long as they do not distribute the toolkit.
So is mwm a DEC application or does it belong to OSF???

With that I bow out of the discussion ... :-)

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