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Subject: Re: shared library with static Motif? 
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Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 23:53:47 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> You make the Motif functions appear inside your shared library?  I am 
> fairly sure we are misunderstanding here; you seem to be describing 
> "how to link the Motif components statically into your application", 
> while the StarOffice situation is slightly different.  They have all 
> their GUI components in a shared library which is used by all their 
> applications.  In order to avoid having to distribute the Motif shared 
> library with their stuff, they include all the Motif functions in the 
> aforementioned library.

Ahhh.  OK, you're right, I misunderstood.  That's...  tricky. :)

One would think that TOG would have a significant problem with
something like that under the usual terms.  I guess they've
already mellowed out.

					Jordan