I think...

I think...

Posted Sep 1, 2006 15:35 UTC (Fri) by spot (subscriber, #15640)
In reply to: I think... by jd
Parent article: Fedora Core to drop openmotif

As the person who initiated this, I can assure you, the fact that it breaks commercial apps had nothing to do with this. It all boiled down to the fact that openmotif's license was not compatible with Fedora's licensing guidelines.

Commercial apps can easily go out and link statically against whichever version of motif they prefer (and whichever license they find comfortable) and continue to function. Or, you know, they could update to a modern toolkit. :)

If the Open Group manages to resolve their license, openmotif can then go back into Fedora (if there is a willing maintainer).

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