Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!johnhlee From: johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee) Subject: Re: X windows on a 500? Am I reaching? Message-ID: <1991Apr29.185429.15362@cs.cornell.edu> Sender: news@cs.cornell.edu (USENET news user) Nntp-Posting-Host: fulla.cs.cornell.edu Reply-To: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853 References: <1991Apr19.212615.3344@unhd.unh.edu> <972@boing.UUCP> <1991Apr29.111550.5921@mack.uit.no> Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 18:54:29 GMT Lines: 85 In article <1991Apr29.111550.5921@mack.uit.no> terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Pedersen) writes: >Sounds like music in my ears.. >Is it available on ftp ? >from X.h: [...DEC/MIT copyright notice deleted...] > >=> in other words : you can't sell it. > >so if it isn't available on ftp, are you going to make it available ? > >TP I was under the impression that the notice gave explicit permission to distribute without paying a fee to DEC or MIT, but that selling the X Window System is not explicitly prohibited, especially if one sells a machine-specific X server or libraries not provided in the standard distribution. Ironically, the Free Software Foundation sells generic X11R4 (shipped in various tape formats.) No, X is *not* public-domain. Thus, you'll need to buy Dale Luck's X11 (Commodore's is free for an A3000UX) anyways since you'll need a AmigaDOS and Amiga-specific X server and X libraries. Since the standard X distribution is strongly geared towards UNIX, I seriously doubt you you can even compile the client parts of the standard distribution on an non-UNIX Amiga. But should you feel rather adventurous and have several hundred free hours on your hands, the latest archives (all 40+ megs of them?) are free via anonymous FTP from various sites. Quoted from the comp.windows.x FAQ: ----Begin Quote X11R4 is ftp-able from export.lcs.mit.edu; these sites are preferable, though, and are more direct: Machine Internet FTP Location Name Address Directory -------- ------- -------- ------------- (1) West USA gatekeeper.dec.com 16.1.0.2 pub/X11/R4 Central USA mordred.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.2 pub/X11/R4 (2) Central USA giza.cis.ohio-state.edu 128.146.8.61 pub/X.V11R4 Southeast USA uunet.uu.net 192.48.96.2 X/R4 (3) Northeast USA crl.dec.com 192.58.206.2 pub/X11/R4 (4) UK Janet src.doc.ic.ac.uk 129.31.81.36 X.V11R4 UK niftp uk.ac.ic.doc.src (5) Australia munnari.oz.au 128.250.1.21 X.V11/R4 The giza.cis.ohio-state.edu site, in particular, is known to have much of the contrib stuff that can be found on export. The release is available to DEC Easynet sites as CRL::"/pub/X11/R4". Sites in Australia may contact this address: ftp.Adelaide.EDU.AU [129.127.40.3] and check the directory pub/X/R4. The machine shadows export and archives comp.sources.x. (Mark Prior, mrp@ucs.adelaide.edu.au, 5/90) Note: a much more complete list is distributed regularly by Dan Heller (argv@sun.com) as part of the introductory postings to comp.sources.x. A set of X11R4 binaries built by Tom Roell (roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) for the 386/ix will available from export.lcs.mit.edu in /contrib and in /pub/i386/X11R4 from 131.159.8.35 in Europe. Stephen Hite (shite@sinkhole.unf.edu) can also distribute to folks without ftp facilities via disks sent SASE; contact him for USmail and shipping details. [12/90] In addition, the binaries are available via uucp from szebra [1-408-739-1520, TB+ (PEP); ogin:nuucp sword:nuucp] in /usr2/xbbs/bbs/x. In addition, the source is on zok in /usrX/i386.R4server/. [2/91] A set of HP 9000/800 binaries is available on hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com (15.255.72.15) as ~ftp/pub/MitX11R4/libs.x800.Z. [2/91] A set of [usable but admittedly flawed] X11R4 binaries built by Mr. Mouse (mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu) for the original NeXT is available from 132.206.1.1, in X/XNeXT/distribution.Z. [12/90] A set of binaries by John Coolidge (coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu) for the Mac running A/UX 2.0 is available from wuarchive.wustl.edu in the file (/archive/systems/aux/X11R4/Xupdate2.tar.Z). Also in X11R4/diffs is a set of patches for making X11R4 with shared libraries with mkshlib. ----End Quote ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.