Freeing Squeak (license-wise)

PhiHo Hoang phiho.hoang at rogers.com
Thu Mar 13 19:52:34 UTC 2003


Hi Marcus,

> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:42:34AM -0500, Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent)
wrote:
> > > How can they hurt us from where we are?
> >
> > They can say, "Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  Upon further
> > review we've concluded that there's a possibility that someone somewhere
> > might use Squeak to do something bad, so upon the advice of counsel
we're
> > revoking the Squeak license in order to limit our liability.  Shut down
your
> > servers and delete all Squeak-related files.  And have a nice day".
> >
> > That's what they can do.
> >
> Then I have to ask: Why should I put *any* more work into Squeak?
Seriously.
>

    Exactly.

    If they are that kind of dog, mouse,  ...
    we can't just cross our fingers and hope
    that they will keep sleeping for ever.

    Besides the dog, the mouse,
    are there any others ?

    Not so cheerfully,

    PhiHo.




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