Re: Re: issues with X Window

[menovak facstaff wisc edu (mark novak)]

>On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 08:43:51AM -0400, Leonard R. Kasday wrote:
>> I just want to underline what Jason said, that there was a lot of work done
>> in Ultrasonix to make x-windows accesssible, including adding specific
>> features to the X windows architecture to facilitate adding accessibility.
>> They got to the point of demos with an x-window widget set, and an
>> interface that included auditory icons in addition to speech.  So I'd urge
>> anyone who's developing accessibility software for X-windows to check out
>> that work to see what you can use from it.
>
>Unfortunately, the only things I can use from that project are ideas
>because it's not open source software.
>Maybe we can ask them to release it with a useful license?
>
>lupus
>lupus debian org


Hi,
I'm not a member of this list, but I was one of the developers of Ultrasonix.
This message was forwarded to me by a friend.

You are correct that Ultrasonix isn't classically "open source" (as in, it's
not covered by the GPL or any such license).  But it is freely available for
any non-commercial use, experimentation, etc.

See http://www.parc.xerox.com/kedwards/mercator.html for details on the
project, source code, licensing issues, etc.

The project is no longer being worked on by the original developers.  But
if anyone is interested in trying to obtain a more flexible license, I'd
recommend contacting the Georgia Tech technology licensing office.  I would
expect them to be quite accomodating and reasonable.  Personally I would have
no problems with any of this code moving to an open source arrangement.

Cheers,
- -keith
kedwards parc xerox com