Am 03.10.2004 um 17:14 schrieb Mariano Montone:

> Hi!!
>
> I'm new to Squeak and licenses and have a doubt. Does any one know why 
> Squeak isn't included in Debian linux distribution. I've heard it has 
> to do with its license.

Correct. See http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3733

> Is Squeak FREE software? All of it?

It's open source and gratis, all of it. The intent of the license has 
always been to make Squeak free, however, there are some issues in the 
wording of the license preventing it from being OSI certified. See 
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/159 for details.

> I've read the LICENSE file and it restricts the modifying of some 
> Apple FONTS but then the COPYRIGHT file says the software is 
> distributed under the GPL.

Actually, at the very top of the COPYRIGHT file is this paragraph:

     (If you received this file as part of a Squeak distribution then
     please stop here and refer instead to the copyright notices in
     the individual files and to those in the file `LICENSE'.)

The source code to the platform-specific part of the Unix VM is 
dual-licensed, basically it's under the Squeak License as long as it's 
part of Squeak, and GPL if you use it elsewhere. Read the COPYING file 
for the exact terms. But note that this applies only to the Unix VM, 
not to Squeak as a whole.

The Apple fonts will be replaced completely in the 3.8 release of 
Squeak, so there is already one less issue.

- Bert -