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From: clint@olias.sybase.com (Doug Clinton)
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Subject: Re: Some Very Basic Questions
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Date: 28 May 91 16:26:17 GMT
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In article <1991May24.203747.12363@smsc.sony.com>, dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) writes:
|> 
|> In article <29086@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
|> |> In article <1991May15.174459.16463@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rwm2d@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Bob McCall - RIP SRV) writes:
|> |> >6.  What is open-look?
|> |> 
|> |> Sun's equivalent to Motif.  Several implimentations.  Reasonable PD
|> |> implimentation availible, unlike Motif.
|> 
|> Not PD.  Public Domain means that the copyright owner has given away
|> all rights.  It XView was public domain, I could take it, put my name
|> on it, and sell it without giving a cent to Sun, and they would have no
|> legal recourse.
|> 
|> As I understand it, I am allowed to obtain XView and build it on my
|> system, but I am not allowed to sell it or bundle it with any
|> products.  I also believe that if I want to do so, it will cost as
|> much as Motif does.
|> 
|> In other words, it's free to end users, but not public domain.
If you read the question, Bob asked 'what is open-look?' Sun's XView
is only one implementation of an OpenLook compliant environemnt, and
you are right that it is not public domain. There are, however, other
implementations which, perhaps not public domain, are certainly free.
One is included on the X11R4 release tape.

The main difference between OpenLook and Motif is that Motif is a
specific implementation of a widget set and OpenLook is a
specification of a user interface which may be implemented by anyone,
not necessarily using the X11 intrinsics (Suns XView is not intrinsic
based).

Doug Clinton