Re: about motif and dhcp under linux
Stephen Chadfield <stephen_chadfield(a)mitel.com> writes:
Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> it is not really free. the license does not meet the open source
> definition or get rms' approval. i'm not sure gpl software is allowed to
> link to it. i haven't heard of any linux distributions distributing motif.
> personally, i would go with lesstif.
Only if you are committed to keeping your system "RMS approved".
The problem is that if OpenMotif is not really free, the popular
distributions may choose not to include it, at least not by default.
That would seriously hamper its usefulness, even if you don't want to
keep your system "RMS approved".