Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 27 March 2003 09:45 am, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
> 
> > A possibly related note.  I have a vague recollection of a
> > conversation with Adele Goldburg sometime in the mid-90's where she
> > asserted that she, personally, had the rights to Smalltalk-80 and
> > was willing to relicense it.  My recollection may be totally wrong
> > or out of context, but it does suggest an avenue that anyone
> > considering a new Smalltalk implementation might want to
> > investigate.
> 
> ISTR she said something about this at the '97 OOPSLA Squeak BOF. 
> Anyone recall?
Yup. I was there and that is what she said. I _think_ however that she
refered to the rights to the language rather than the entire system.
I'll check.

tim
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