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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: X windows on a 500?  Am I reaching?
Message-ID: <21069@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 29 Apr 91 21:37:18 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.212615.3344@unhd.unh.edu> <972@boing.UUCP> <1991Apr29.111550.5921@mack.uit.no>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
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Organization: Commodore-Amiga, Inc.  West Chester, PA.
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In article <1991Apr29.111550.5921@mack.uit.no> terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Pedersen) writes:
>Sounds like music in my ears..

The music just stopped.

>from X.h:
>Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its 
>documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 

>=> in other words : you can't sell it.

Your conclusion does not follow.  MIT/DEC seem to be granting a limited
right to use etc. X.h (and I guess much/all of the X distribution) for
no charge.  That does not preclude someone from selling it, under
different conditions (eg. they acquire a different (eg. commercial)
license from MIT/DEC).  The vendor is charging you for his efforts
in porting to the Amiga, technical support, etc.

>so if it isn't available on ftp, are you going to make it available ?

X11 from GfxBase is a commercial product.  It had better not be available
on ftp from anywhere.

>TP

     Peter
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