<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
Motif	B-Device
refers	O
to	O
both	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
specification	O
and	O
the	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
for	O
building	O
applications	O
that	O
follow	O
that	O
specification	O
under	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
on	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Motif	B-Device
look	O
and	O
feel	O
is	O
distinguished	O
by	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
rudimentary	O
square	O
and	O
chiseled	O
three-dimensional	O
effects	O
for	O
its	O
various	O
user	O
interface	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Device
is	O
the	O
toolkit	O
for	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
and	O
IRIX	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Desktop	I-Device
,	O
thus	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
standard	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
for	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Closely	O
related	O
to	O
Motif	B-Device
is	O
the	O
Motif	B-Device
Window	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
(	O
MWM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
many	O
years	O
as	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
Motif	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Device
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
(	O
OSF	O
)	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
standard	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
finalists	O
were	O
Adobe	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
Display	O
Postscript	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
 '	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
,	O
Digital	O
Research	O
's	O
GEM	B-Application
,	O
IXI	O
Limited	O
's	O
X.desktop	B-Application
,	O
Apollo	O
Computer	O
's	O
Open	O
Dialogue	O
,	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
's	O
Andrew	O
User	O
Interface	O
System	O
,	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
's	O
XUI	O
,	O
and	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
CXI	O
and	O
PM/X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
OSF	O
selected	O
HP	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
CXI	O
and	O
DEC	O
's	O
XUI	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
,	O
window	O
manager	O
and	O
Common	B-General_Concept
User	I-General_Concept
Access	I-General_Concept
compliance	O
from	O
CXI	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
API	B-Application
and	O
User	O
Interface	O
Language	O
(	O
UIL	O
)	O
from	O
XUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Device
was	O
first	O
shipped	O
by	O
OSF	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Device
is	O
the	O
basic	O
building	O
block	O
of	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
standard	O
desktop	O
for	O
commercial	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IEEE	O
1295	O
standard	O
(	O
now	O
withdrawn	O
)	O
defines	O
the	O
"	O
Motif	B-Device
API	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
Motif	B-Device
supports	O
Unicode	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
several	O
multilingual	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
made	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
license	O
requiring	O
royalty	O
payments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
called	O
Open	B-Application
Motif	I-Application
(	O
substantially	O
the	O
same	O
codebase	O
under	O
a	O
different	O
license	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
under	O
a	O
license	O
which	O
allowed	O
royalty-free	O
distribution	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Motif	I-Application
if	O
the	O
platform	B-Device
upon	O
which	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
was	O
open	O
sourcebut	O
was	O
not	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
license	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
for	O
likelihood	O
to	O
mislead	O
people	O
into	O
thinking	O
it	O
was	O
proper	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
or	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
's	O
statement	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
"	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Motif	B-Device
to	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
community	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Motif	I-Application
was	O
version	O
2.1.30	O
in	O
May	O
2000	O
;	O
Open	B-Application
Motif	I-Application
2.3	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
2.3.1	O
bug	O
fix	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
and	O
a	O
2.3.2	O
bug	O
fix	O
release	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
time	O
when	O
Motif	B-Device
was	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
the	O
LessTif	B-Application
project	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
implementation	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Motif	B-Device
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
source	O
code	O
distribution	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	O
LGPL-2.1-or-later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Device
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
SourceForge	O
.	O
</s>
