[fab] Re: openmotif

[Rahul]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Rex Dieter wrote:
>>> Rahul wrote:
>>>> Rex Dieter wrote:
>>
>>>>> Has anyone contacted openmotif about this?  Any plans to do so?  
>>>>> I'm of the opinion we should at least give them a chance to make 
>>>>> things right before yanking this from the distribution.
>>
>>>> Noone I know has contacted openmotif on behalf of Fedora. I am 
>>>> skeptical of this after all this time since the FAQ was published 
>>>> but it has been suggested before and if you want to take a stab at 
>>>> it, please go ahead. 
>>
>>> OK, I'll give it shot.
>>
>> done, though someone (thanks giallu), beat me to the punch:
>> http://204.2.109.48/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3878#3878
> 
> So, if openmotif doesn't change their licensing soon, who can/will pull 
> the trigger to remove openmotif from Fedora?
> 
> IMO, it would be better to remove it sooner rather than later (who 
> knows, maybe that'll speed the relicensing effort).
> 
> -- Rex

Since we have a number of dependencies, moving into Fedora Extras as a 
intermediate step would be better than just dropping it.

Rahul