Proposal for a Squeak migration meeting

Hilaire Fernandes hilaire at ext.cri74.org
Tue Jul 4 21:00:57 UTC 2006



Lex Spoon a écrit :
> Colin Putney <cputney at wiresong.ca> writes:
> 
>>On Jun 30, 2006, at 5:47 AM, Lex Spoon wrote:
>>
>>>There is a lot of existing Squeak content.  There are 200 packages in
>>>the 3.7 stable package universe.  It takes hours just to *read* this
>>>list.  Imagine how long it would take to reproduce it all.
>>
>>Whoa. So far this is the first suggestion I've seen that we should
>>worry about the licensing of anything other than the core image. 
> 
> 
> We agree, I think.  The point is that if we try and restart the core
> image from scratch, then we would have a long way to go before getting
> back to Squeak's current functionality.  It is more realistic to
> contact the existing contributors and verify that they agree to a
> relicense.


It is wise. Should the foundation propose a plan to do that?

Hilaire



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