Editing LessTif

{{Short description|Programming toolkit}}
{{Infobox software
| name = LessTif
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| developer = Hungry Programmers<ref name="Motif"/><ref name="LessTif"/>
| released = 
| discontinued = yes
| latest release version = 0.95.2
| latest release date = May 27, 2009
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
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| genre = [[Widget toolkit]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License]]
| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20120723010742/http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/}}
| replaced_by = [[Motif (software)|Motif under LGPL license]]
}}
'''LessTif''' is a defunct [[free software]] reimplementation or [[Clone (computer science)|clone]] of the [[Motif (software)|Motif]] computer programming toolkit.<ref name="Motif">{{cite web|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/motif-faq/part2/section-18.html |title= Has anyone done a public domain Motif lookalike? |author= Kenton Lee |date= 2002-02-01 |work= The Motif FAQ |publisher= comp.windows.x.motif |at= 37 |doi= |archiveurl= |accessdate= 2010-04-05 |quote= LessTif is a freeware version of Motif from the Hungry Programmers }}</ref><ref name="LessTif">{{cite web|url=http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/ |title=LessTif homepage |quote=LessTif is the Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif |accessdate=2013-02-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723010742/http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/ |archivedate=July 23, 2012 }}</ref> The project aimed for full [[source-code compatibility|source]]- and [[binary-code compatibility]] with Motif. While this was not achieved, many Motif applications could run with LessTif or be compiled with it.

[[File:Xmabacus-lesstif.png|300px|thumb|right|A screenshot of a program using LessTif (xmabacus)]]

As opposed to Motif, which was distributed until October 2012 under a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] [[license]] that could require the payment of [[royalties]], LessTif was developed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL). The license of Motif was the main motivation for the development of LessTif. Following the release of the original Motif toolkit as open source under the LGPL in 2012, the LessTif project was abandoned.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[History of free software]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/lesstif/ LessTif] at SourceForge.net

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