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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/motif.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/motif.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bfe696 --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/motif.html @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>The Motif License - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/motif.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> + +<h2>The Motif License</h2> + +<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard Stallman</strong></a></p> + +<p> +A couple of weeks ago, the Open Group changed the license of Motif, +inviting free software developers to use it. However, the new Motif +license does not fit either the definition of free software, or the +looser definition of open source software.</p> +<p> +Their announcement says they have released Motif to “the open +source community”, but this is true only in an unnatural +interpretation of the words. They have not made Motif available +within the free software community; instead, they have invited the +people in the free software community to leave the community by using +Motif.</p> +<p> +I've written to the Open Group about this, asking them to change the +license. We can hope they will, but we can't assume it. In the +present circumstances, we have to treat Motif the same way we treated +it before: not available for us. Motif still cannot be part of a free +operating system, and combining or linking someone else's GPL-covered +code with Motif is still a violation of the GPL except in very special +circumstances.</p> +<p> +Fortunately there is a free software alternative to Motif, called +LessTif. Most programs that were written for Motif can use LessTif +with no changes. Please support the free software community by using +LessTif rather than Motif. Some finishing work still needs to be done +on LessTif; to volunteer, contact <a href="mailto:lesstif@hungry.com"> +<lesstif@hungry.com></a>.</p> +<p> +Here are some of the problems of the Motif license:</p> +<ul> + <li>It claims that you accept the license merely by + “using” Motif. Only a shrink-wrap license or + something similar can do that, and shrink-wrap licenses are a + bad thing. + </li> + + <li>The license is restricted to use on certain operating systems, + those which fit a category they call “open source”. + Both the free software movement and the open source camp + consider use restrictions unacceptable. + </li> + + <li>Their definition of the term “open source” is very + different from the one used by the open source camp, thus + causing confusion. + </li> +</ul> +<p> +In the free software movement, we disagree with the philosophy and +values of open source. (For more explanation, see +<a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">open-source-misses-the-point.html</a>.) +But even though we do not support open source or advocate what it +stands for, we think people should not misrepresent what it stands +for. The facts of the situation are complex enough; confusing the +issue is not welcome.</p> + +<h3 id="LaterNote">Later Note</h3> + +<p> +<em>In 2012, <a href="http://motif.sourceforge.net/"> +Motif</a> was released under the GNU Lesser General Public +License, version 2.1.</em></p> +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a +href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a +href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. Broken links and other +corrections or suggestions can be sent to <a +href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> + +<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, + replace it with the translation of these two: + + We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality + translations. 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