Questions about the squeak license

joshscholar at nightstudies.net joshscholar at nightstudies.net
Thu Jan 12 04:54:16 UTC 2006


I thought that the license on Apple's fonts was very restrictive (perhaps
like GNU general), and that you have to rid your image of Apples' fonts if
you want to do anything commercial.

Josh Scholar

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stéphane ducasse" <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch>
To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:13 AM
Subject: Questions about the squeak license


> Hi all
>
> Here is a list of question I have about the squeak license and the
> answers I think.
> I know that it seems naive, silly.... still I would like to have
> answers to these questions.
>
> - Can I distribute freely applications in Squeak?
> yes
>
> - Do I have to pay anything for runtime?
> no
>
> - What is my responsibility if the user gets damaged by using my
> software
> using MIT for my code, the user takes the risks to use my software
>
> - What is my responsibility as a distributor of Squeak if the user
> gets damaged
> by using Squeak?
> ???
>
> - Can I distribute a Squeak image with my code loaded?
> yes
>
> - Can I distribute the code of my application?
> yes
>
> - Should I include the Squeak-L license for my code?
> no
>
> - Can I change the license of Squeak when I distribute my code?
> no
>
> - Can I modify the Squeak distribution?
> yes
>
> - Can I modify the squeak distribution and distribute my own version?
> yes
>
> - Can I use any license I want for my code?
> yes
>
> - Do I have to make my code under the Squeak license?
> no
>
> - Do I have to give back the fixes I do in the Squeak distribution?
> yes
>
> - Can I sell my application?
> yes
>
> - Can Apple attack me because I'm developing in Squeak?
> no
>
>
>
>
>




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