Ralf Corsepius wrote:
To quote the opengroups motif faq (linked above) on this:
"Open Motif source code and binaries can be distributed royalty free
under The Open Group Public License as long as the operating system upon
which Open Motif is running meets the OSI's Open Source Definition"
1. Fedora is based on the OSI-definition itself => Non-issue
Fedora like you said is based on the OSI definition and all the software
in it needs to be open source. Well established goals right from the
start.
2. royalty-free == licence fees ... RH business objective.
Non-issue to Fedora itself.
Again, it does not meet Fedora packaging guidelines which is a direct
issue to Fedora.
3. If this was an issue to the opengroup, it's them who would have to
sue RH (Who shipped OpenMotif as part of their $$$$ commercial linuxes)
They have not done so for many years.
Noone claimed it was a legal issue.
Now royalty free does not sound very free software / oss to me.
Yes, it's "religion". They are following a different OpenSource
model/religion than Fedora/RH.
No. Their license does not meet either the OSI definition of open source
or Fedora packaging guidelines. There is no need to exclude openmotif as
a exception to the guidelines.
Rahul
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