<s>
LessTif	B-Application
is	O
a	O
defunct	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
reimplementation	O
or	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
computer	O
programming	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aimed	O
for	O
full	O
source	B-General_Concept
-	O
and	O
binary-code	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
Motif	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
achieved	O
,	O
many	O
Motif	B-Application
applications	O
could	O
run	O
with	O
LessTif	B-Application
or	O
be	O
compiled	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
opposed	O
to	O
Motif	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
distributed	O
until	O
October	O
2012	O
under	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
that	O
could	O
require	O
the	O
payment	O
of	O
royalties	O
,	O
LessTif	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
license	O
of	O
Motif	B-Application
was	O
the	O
main	O
motivation	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
LessTif	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Motif	B-Application
toolkit	I-Application
as	O
open	O
source	B-General_Concept
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
LessTif	B-Application
project	O
was	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
