Is Squeak 3.0 ready for fame?
Andrew C. Greenberg
werdna at mucow.com
Thu Mar 22 03:27:44 UTC 2001
>The Squeak license is not compatible with the Open Source Definition
>(http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.html). Clause 6, Export Law
>Assurances, of the Squeak license is incompatible with clause (this is
>probably not the right word) 5 of the OSD, which states that the
>license may not discriminate against any person or group. It may
>however be possible to distribute a modified version under a license
>that does not include that clause, depending on whether this keeps the
>license "no less protective of Apple and Apple's rights".
>
>IANAL. YMMV. YHBW. HAND. HTH.
Precisely why does an assurance that one will comply with applicable
law constitute a discrimination against a person or a group?
How, exactly, can a provision that does not provide protection
against an Apple licensee violating the law, which may result in
liability to Apple, be "no less protective" of Apple's rights?
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