Respect for departed contributors (was: License rewrite)

Jason Johnson jason.johnson.081 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 9 12:08:30 UTC 2007


Thanks, I'll see what I can do.

On Dec 8, 2007 11:59 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> Jason,
>
> I am attaching a copy of a mail from the Squeak list in 2001 giving
> information on the passing of Jerry Archibald, including then-current
> email addresses for two daughters. I think that if you were to play
> "Sherlock Holmes" for a while and see if you could get permission for
> us to retain Jerry's contributions in the Squeak image, it would be a
> real service to the community and an act of respect for one of our
> early contributors. I did not know Jerry, but I'm sure that he would
> have been pleased to know that we still remember him and value his work.
>
> Dave
>
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 06:45:52AM +0100, Jason Johnson wrote:
> > Do we have information on who the heirs would be and how to get in
> > touch with them, or does the person who takes this up have to turn
> > into Sherlock Holmes for a while?  It sounds to me like some people on
> > this list knew the folks who are no longer with us.
> >
> > All I know is, if I ever contribute something major to the community I
> > would hate to think that all my work would be thrown away and forgot
> > due to some situation that didn't exist when I was alive.  If the
> > people contributed then this probably meant something to them.
> >
> > On Dec 6, 2007 11:55 PM, Craig Latta <craig at netjam.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jason--
> > >
> > >  > Has any attempt been made to ask the heirs what they want done with
> > >  > the code?
> > >
> > >       Not to my knowledge, no. Are you volunteering?
>



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