Tim you are pointing a very important point. After the announce of the change to APSL2.0 of Squeak1.1, we have to ask ourself which part of {Squeak3.8}{Squeak1.1} can be relicensed and probably much more important which part cannot be relicensed.
I very much doubt that there are any parts that cannot be relicensed, if in fact it is even really neccesary. What would be wrong with taking the position that the original squeak license (which is quite adequately free in my opinion) has been rescinded and replaced by the APSL? I think that would be compatible with the SqL clause about relicensing so long as it is no less protective of Apple, since after all they have chosen this new license. Surely *any* code released under SqL can be declared as relicensed?
you see tim this what I would like to know from the laywer we contacted ( do not remember his name).
And of course we have to considerer in one hand the VM part and in the other hand the Image part.
I think we've pretty much always taken the approach that code offered for VM inclusion is SqL and that it becomes community property. I believe that anyone that offers a community some code for inclusion into a community project is implicity donating that code in its entirety. If they're not.. well they can just bugger off.
I truly can't understand this constant complaint about licensing. At one level it's a particularly obnoxious form of pseudo- intellectual masturbation since most of the complainers are not even faintly qualified to offer real opinions and at another level it's pretty much completely irrelevant. These so-called 'free licenses' are legally untested, rarely take any consideration of differing national boundaries and legal systems and generally smack of smackhead barrackroom lawyering. Five sizable companies I could name have had no problem with using Squeak under the baleful glare of the SqL.
Agree but this is another discussion :)
tim
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