"Open Source" Motif

[John Cowan]

David Johnson wrote:

> Would the Open Group be willing to take a lateral step and restrict
> the usage of OpenMotif to linkage with Open Source programs only? Their
> cash cow would remain intact, but their software would be fully Open
> Source, as well as Free Software.

But is this a good thing for users?  It certainly limits the ability of
Motif-using commercial software to be ported to free OSes, which I take it
is the purpose of the OML.  Free software developers have plenty of
widget libraries already.

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