nazgul@alphalpha.COM (Kee Hinckley) (11/29/90)
I asked this question earlier, but evidently my followup got directed
to a newsgroup I don't read, so I'll ask it again.
The clarification of Sun's offer included a list of requirements for
licensing the software. As I remember it said you could only license
OpenWindows if you
o Had a NeWS license prior to 1987
o Had a SVR4 license
or a couple of other options. As I remember, none of the
other options were particularly likely.
Is the SVR4 license requirement a *source* license requirement?
My reading of this was that there is no way in hell that I, or almost
anyone else on the net, can license this free software without
spending a very large amount of money (what does a source SVR4
license go for?). Is that really true? What were the other conditions?
I had a couple other questions too, but I've forgotten what they
were. Presumbably someone can dig up my query on comp.windows.news,
or wherever it ended up, and answer them.
-keebarnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) (11/29/90)
In article <901128163929.628@alphalpha> nazgul@alphalpha.COM (Kee Hinckley) writes: > I asked this question earlier, but evidently my followup got directed > to a newsgroup I don't read, so I'll ask it again. I asked the same question also. I didn't get an answer either. > The clarification of Sun's offer included a list of requirements for > licensing the software. As I remember it said you could only license > OpenWindows if you > o Had a NeWS license prior to 1987 > o Had a SVR4 license > or a couple of other options. As I remember, none of the > other options were particularly likely. The other two were a SPARC licensee, or else to a non-Unix platform. The questions I want answered are: If I only have a DECstation, HP, or IBM, can I buy the source? If I only have a SPARC and a DECstation, can I buy the source and port it to the DECstation? Is there a fee? If I have a Mac running MacOS, can I buy the source, and then port it to a DECstation? This "Free" software has got to be one of the biggest crock-o'-s*** Sun has every come up with. Maybe the marketeers and PR people invented the phrase. We have come to sad times......... DoubleSpeak is alive and well. -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett