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diff --git a/x11-toolkits/open-motif/pkg-descr b/x11-toolkits/open-motif/pkg-descr index 5f96681e7209..857656667d72 100644 --- a/x11-toolkits/open-motif/pkg-descr +++ b/x11-toolkits/open-motif/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,27 @@ -This is the Metro Link Open Motif 2.1.30 runtime environment. -It includes the Motif shared libraries, needed to run applications which -are dynamically linked against Motif, and the Motif Window Manager, `mwm'. +Motif(r) is the industry standard graphical user interface, (as defined by +the IEEE 1295 specification), used on more than 200 hardware and software +platforms. It provides application developers, end users, and system +vendors with the industry's most widely used environment for standardizing +application presentation on a wide range of platforms. Motif is the +leading user interface toolkit for the UNIX(r) system. + +Here is what you might ask. (excerpted from The Open Group FAQ) + + Q: What is Open Motif? How does it differ from standard Motif? + + A: Aside from some different copyright and license statements, both + Motif and Open Motif share the same functionality and source code. The + primary difference is the software license for each of the software + products. 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. + Motif is made available under the standard Open Group software licenses + and requires the payment of source code and royalty fees. + +Visit http://www.motifzone.org for more information about Motif. + +NOTE: Some ports with GNU configure do not know that Motif 2.1 requires -lXp. +In that case, you need to edit Makefile after configure, or, hack +configure(.in) before configure. + +WWW: http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/ |