Hi,
Contrary to popular belief, ICS wishes you well. Unfortunately, the original
ViewKit included intellectual property belonging to a third party, hence it
can never be open sourced.
We have in the past provided binary versions of ViewKit on Linux for
academic/non-commercial use (see www.viewkit.com). Unfortunately, too many
commercial firms have taken advantage of these free binaries, making it
unprofitable to continue offering the software for free (sorry, we're not
believers in the open source/support business model).
The ViewKit trademark does belong to SGI, so you do need to be careful that
you use it correctly. We can't provide any permission in this area.
Regards,
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "jostle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: ViewKit anyone?
> Hi All,
> Sorry for the non-lesstif posting but this list, with its Hungry
> Programmers association, seemed like the most likely place to find
> someone to answer my questions.
>
> I am interested in resurrecting the Hungry Programmers' ViewKit project
> in some form and need some advice on how to proceed. I have been using,
> fixing and extending the last Hungry version (April 1995) for about 6
> months and would like to make my work available to the open source
> community. In particular I think I need answers to the following
> questions (although I'm sure some of you can come up with some more Qs &
> As).
>
> 1. Are all the Hungry Programmers now well fed?
>
> 2. Would lesstif.org be interested in adding a ViewKit clone project to
> its collection? Perhaps something like the Xbae relationship.
>
> 3. Should I just take my current version and start a new SourceForge
> project?
>
> 4. Should the name be changed to avoid problems with SGI/ICS trademarks?
> If so how does GuiKit sound?
>
> 5. Are there any other issues I need to consider?
>
> 6. Any other (polite) suggestions?
>
> For those who need more info about ViewKit have a look at
> http://www.viewkit.com
> and search the SGI documentation at
> http://techpubs.sgi.com
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Lemcke.
>
>
>
