From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 22 07:00:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA22352 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 07:00:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA22276; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 06:59:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA05311; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:59:42 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199611221459.IAA05311@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: X/Open Motif and XFree86 To: edward.ing@utoronto.ca (Edward Ing) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:59:42 -0600 (CST) Cc: XFree86@XFree86.org, questions@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3294CFE1.7FA6@utoronto.ca> from Edward Ing at "Nov 21, 96 04:55:45 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Edward Ing said: > Are there any plans by the Xfree organization to create and > implementation according to the IEEE and X/Open standards? > Or even and CDE implementation? I am a FreeBSD user, and I dream of > something like this happening. > > What or the legal and licensing problems or obligations? > Would it be possible to get X/Opens vendor certification > for such implementations even if Xfree is not actually > a vendor? You can buy Motif and CDE from Xinside for about $150. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030