Hi

I do not really understand license issues but I think that if people 
submit text or code they should be free to write article, books or do 
what they want with their code.
Also everything I publish on the web is free to be used by others. So I 
will not participate if this license prohibits me to do it.

Stef


On samedi, octobre 12, 2002, at 05:30  pm, Andrew C. Greenberg wrote:

> 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
>>
>
Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch) 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
  "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do
  different? ... especially if, by doing something different, today
  might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes