I suggest that, rather than trying to create Yet Another Open Source
License, an existing license acceptable to all parties be chosen.  I like
and use the MIT license - see
http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Pair [mailto:spair at acm.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:05 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Free Smalltalk License (RE: MySQL-Driver)
> 
> 
> I think this is an excellent idea.  I think it's important to get it
> approved by OSI too.
> 
> - Stephen
> 
> > Ups. GPL is bad for Smalltalk: Filing this into the image is 
> > linking. And then as soon as you distribute your Programm, 
> > *everything* needs to be GPL (even Visualworks itself...).
> > 
> > Why don't we (as "the greater Smalltalk community") set up a 
> > nice "Free Smalltalk Licence". Such a License should be 
> > OSI-Approved and "compatible" with commercial Systems like 
> > VisualWorks. 
> > 
> > Then we should try to make it part of the Smalltalk culture 
> > to release all free stuff under that License... 
> > 
> > What do you think?
> > 
> >                 Marcus
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Marcus Denker marcus at ira.uka.de  -- Squeak! http://squeakland.org
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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