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Subject: Re: Motif is now Open Source 8) 
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> =

> I have a copy.  However, the license is 'interesting' enough to read
> that I'm not sure it can be used inside the JDK distribution, so if
> someone can give me an explanation that I can understand that I'm legal=

> to distribute the library as part of an application, please show me in
> terms a mere engineer can understand.

I think that you no longer have to include Motif with the JDK.
Just let the distribution of Motif come from freebsd.org , i.e.,
a port or a package.

My take is that companies distributing FreeBSD or linux are
free to distribute the source and binary for those "Open
Source" operating systems.




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 Amancio Hasty
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