Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:24:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changes to X11 licensing with X11R6.4 Message-ID: <199804071524.IAA29054@kithrup.com> In-Reply-To: <19980407035224.25848.kithrup.freebsd.chat@mooseriver.com> References: <199804071024.DAA14511@rah.star-gate.com>; from Amancio Hasty on Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 03:24:11AM -0700
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In article <19980407035224.25848.kithrup.freebsd.chat@mooseriver.com> you write: >I do not agree. If you read the FAQ on TOG's web page >(http://www.camb.opengroup.org/tech/desktop/x/xlicensefaq.htm) the cost to >for-profit resellers is $7,500 per year for up to 50,000 units per year for >non-members. Basic math says this is $0.15 per unit. For members the price >drops to $0.10 per unit. I sincerely hope the Walnut Creeks profit margin is >not not so slim as to be hurt by an increase of $0.15 per unit shipped. An >increase in price to cover this cost will bearly be noticed, even by cheap >bastards like myself. Uh, no. First of all: everyone who buys a CD-ROM must agree to the license. That means paperwork. WC must now keep track of sales and give this information to a third party. (Admittedly, they do this already to a degree, for Chuckie.) Go ask, say, Xi, about what it's like to sell Motif. I read the license. It's a binary-only license. I couldn't find anything in it about selling source licenses. I truly hope I missed something. Lastly, it's morally objectionable. I won't pay it. Ever. Not to The Open Group. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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