Smalltalk Cookbook
Andrew C. Greenberg
werdna at mucow.com
Sat Oct 12 15:30:45 UTC 2002
I think such a thing would be useful and a great service to the
community. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I have to comment about a
dull, non-tech issue.
However, I would have to refrain from posting any code there, because
Cees seeks to bind all code posted there under the GNU Free
Documentation license. A cookbook is, primarily, a library of code
rather than documentation, and the provisions of GFD, while not so bad
for content, appears viral into the derived code -- particularly
because:
"A "Modified Version" of the Document means any work containing the
Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with
modifications and/or translated into another language."
As we have discussed, it is my considered view that unspecialized viral
licenses are unsuitable for an image-based OO environment, such as
Squeak and many other Smallalk derivatives. Unless we want to shift
from a primarily BSD-like Squeak style license to a primarily GNU-like
license (and get permission of existing licensors to make the switch),
I believe that such a cookbook is a recipe for problems down the road.
We already have quite enough licensing cruft in our image. For my
part, I see absolutely no need whatsoever to restrict use and reuse of
a freely distributed web-available Squeak cookbook -- suggest losing
the license anyway.
BTW: If Cees does insist on a licensing deal to play, the "click-to" as
opposed to "click-through" form of "click-wrap" has been held
unenforceable in New Jersey and various other jurisdictions --
something more would be required. "Click-through" on the other hand,
seems quite enforceable.
On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 03:53 AM, Cees de Groot wrote:
> In response to someone with a good idea on comp.lang.smalltalk (I'll
> wait here
> a couple of seconds while you look surprised ... ok now?), I've setup
> a Swiki
> that's dedicated to the development (and deployment) of a Smalltalk
> Cookbook:
> http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/cookbook
> It is meant to be - as much as possible - dialect-independent, so
> please,
> please please: if you want to add to it, start with the dreary
> Collections
> recipes before adding Morphic chapters ;-)
>
> --
> Cees de Groot http://www.cdegroot.com
> <cg at cdegroot.com>
> GnuPG 1024D/E0989E8B 0016 F679 F38D 5946 4ECD 1986 F303 937F E098 9E8B
> Cogito ergo evigilo
>
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