On 12-Sep-00 at 05:51, st002279 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:21:54AM +0200, Danny Backx wrote:
> > > Did I miss something special?
> > > What exactly are the issues you're talking about?
> >
> > License issues. RMS mostly beats on the platform dependency in the
> > license (OpenMotif can only be used on open source operating systems).
>
> Ok, that are more or less known issues.
> One shouldn't even spend too much time to get a license which just
> allows patches. Fight for a real usable license or put energy in LessTif
> only ;-)
Trying to get a good license on OM _is_ putting energy into LessTif. If they
can get a good license, LessTif's goals will be pretty much met.
> > Rick and I outlined situations in which it is not possible to develop
> > stuff and make it available for both Motif and LessTif because of
> > license. We know that there are also technical issues (you can't use a
> > patch for OpenMotif to implement Themes to LessTif because of
> > implementation differences).
> > Danny
>
> Well, what do you suppose can be done about that??
> They won't adobt the LT approach easily and the license prevents the
> opposite. And I'm very sure that they do not care at all what you, RMS or
> me tell them.
>
> Actually I would suggest to neglect OM for another year and see whether
> they get things right or not. Ah, BTW: you won't become very lucky if
> the license goes opensource but the 'official' CVS maintainers won't
> like your patches?! Then you could start having you private edition but
> this is also not very convenient.
If we totally ignore it, nothing will change. The squeeky wheel gets the
grease, and all that.....
>
> --
> Alexander Mai
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
