At 09:06 26-04-98 -0400, Alex Yukhimets wrote: >> >My main point was this: if the GPL has this clause about the >> >components of a program being free, what with the large quantity of >> >programs being Qtized, why haven't we seen any action? >> >> Probably because it's allowed, doesn't the FSF distribute emacs linked or >> with the ability to link out of the box against Motif? >> >> Shaya > >Hi. > >Linking with Motif of GPL'd software only allowed on operating systems which >get shipped with Motif as an essential part of it (like Solaris). Which means >that linking with Motif on Linux is not allowed. (I asked RMS directly >about that and received the above response). This leads to some kind of >discrimination, IMHO, which prefered to be ignored by our DFSG zealots. >
However, those systems, I believe, don't come with a Motif development system out of the box (at least on HP-UX, cause a few years ago, I had problems compiling mosaic, had to install the special Motif tape to each system, after I installed the development environment). So it can also be viewed as, that they include the ability to link with Motif out of their tarball, but most people can't compile/link the program with Motif out of the box on their system. Shaya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]