[comp.windows.x.motif] Copy Rights of OSF/Motif's `look and feel'

gteo@swift.cs.tcd.ie (06/05/91)

Hello,
     I have some questions related to copy right of the Motif `look and feel'.
For example, if some one has decided to implement a toolkit based on the
Motif's look and feel using a language other than C, does this mean the toolkit
writer has to pay OSF a royalty if the toolkit is to be sold. Can the toolkit
writer put it in the public circulation such as that of X? Or OSF has the
policy that Motif's style guide is exclusively protected?
     I am sure a lot of people out there would be interested to know the
answers or even have more questions.

Thankx in Advance,

Ghee Teo
Department of Computer Science,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2,
Ireland.