>From the Open Motif license: >The rights granted under this license are limited solely to distribution >and sublicensing of the Contribution(s) on, with, or for operating systems >which are themselves Open Source programs
They need to add a definition of "operating system" so that we can tell how much of a system needs to be covered by an "open source" license before they will allow us to use their software with it. If my operating system came with a few proprietary applications, say Linux distributed together with WordPerfect, is WordPerfect considered a part of the operating system because it was distributed on the same CD? What if the proprietary program shipped with my OS was a replacement "ls", or other "standard" program, does that make it a non open-source operating system? What if I have and use some proprietary libraries? Maybe I have a proprieatry copy of Motif installed, and it came with my Linux distribution. Can I still use open Motif? What if my application links in both? How about some proprietary device drivers or kernel modules? Are they a part of my operating system? "Operating systesm" isn't clear enough. Justin