Freeing Squeak (license-wise)
Alan Kay
Alan.Kay at squeakland.org
Fri Mar 14 16:18:51 UTC 2003
IN THUNDEROUS TONES: ... AND WHAT ABOUT THE SYNTAX OF SQUEAK? WHAT
ABOUT THE OBJECT NATURE OF SQUEAK?
.....
At 3:37 PM -0500 3/13/03, Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent) wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jimmie Houchin [mailto:jhouchin at texoma.net]
>>
>> Marcus Denker wrote:
>> >
>> > Then I have to ask: Why should I put *any* more work into
>> Squeak? Seriously.
>> >
>> > Marcus
>>
>> Good question.
>> This why I think this is an important issue.
>
>IANAL
>
>If the Squeak community wants a truly "free" Squeak then the Squeak
>community is going to have to rewrite Squeak to eliminate any and all code
>and objects inherited from Xerox, Apple, and Disney. I think this is the
>"path of least risk". Until this is done in a documentable fashion Squeak
>will always have Xerox, Apple, and Disney looming over it like
>thunderclouds.
>
>Bob Jarvis
>Compuware @ Timken
>
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