Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 11:12:17 +0000 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> To: imdave@synet.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org, rlyon@ozemail.com.au Subject: Re: Net access to motif? Is this a goofy idea or what? Message-ID: <32A55C91.41C67EA6@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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> > I noticed that someone else brought up the question of linking motif > applications without having to buy motif... Unfortunately, lesstif is > not yet near enough to completion. I am not really interested as a > developer in using motif -- I just want to link various public software > packages to create static binaries -- so it's not worth the money (at least > for now) to buy the libraries. But I, too, would like to link using the > motif libraries. Let me float this idea... > * Version 0.71 of lesstif was released a few days. My first attempt at * compiling Xinvest worked, but with a few warnings. I am currently testing * it. So far one core dump and quite a few diagnostic warnings (widget * problems), but it does sort of run. Sure looks pretty. Lesstif is getting * there, maybe in another 6 months .... * * The linux binaries are available. You could try running these. Then if * you really like something maybe the cost of swim motif will be more * acceptable. * * I don't think you can distibute motif in the fashion you propose without * severely violating the vendors license. NFS mounts would probably violate the license agreement. The Motif license I have is a system license, and not a user license. Allowing net access via logins is allowed, but exporting via NFS would violate the license. Last I heard, this is how FreeBSD Motif packages are done. thud.cdrom.com has Motif, and the port maintainers can login to thud and make packages statically linked with the Motif libs. Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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