I do not think it would impact LessTif. OpenMOTIF can be used only on
Open Source Operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD. It would be a great
help
for Linux community but it does put a lot of restrictions on top of Open
Source
name. I sent the following note to Open Group asking their view on Cygwin:
Their Open Source definitions is very vague and it not really open source,
let's
call it MOTIF open for LINUX and FreeBSD etc. LessTif can be used for many
other
Operating Systems.
>I have a technical question here.
>
>What about Cygwin, which is GPL (i.e. Open Source), and makes UNIX
>applications run/port on Windows
>Operating System. However, without Cygwin the applications compiled
>with Cygwin cannot be executed on Windows. Cygwin
>(http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin) completely satisfy Open Source
>requirements.
>Can the OpenMOTIF be compiled using Cygwin on Windows and distributed?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Mai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:52 PM
> To: David Eisner
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Open Motif
>
>
> On Mon, 15 May 2000 11:03:22 -0400 (EDT), David Eisner wrote:
>
> >
> >For those who haven't yet seen this:
> >
> > http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/
> >
> >I'm wondering how this will impact Lesstif. Are Lesstif
> >developers precluded from using the source as a guide, even now?
> >
> >And if Open Motif does become truly open source (Open Motif is
> >not, by the Open Group's own admission), will Lesstif still
> >go on?
>
> Well, the impact on LessTif is not yet fully known - since there
> are many contributors (developers, users, distributors, etc.).
> The core team has put a (preliminary) statement on the webpage:
>
> http://www.lesstif.org/future.html
>
> As a very short summary:
> the project will continue and stay alive since the OpenGroup's license is
> not really "free", especially it violates the OpenSource definition.
>
>
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