unsigned methods (was Re: methods for license conversion)

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Sat Jul 21 20:15:17 UTC 2007


On Jul 21, 2007, at 22:06 , Lex Spoon wrote:

> "Pavel Krivanek" <squeak1 at continentalbrno.cz> writes:
>> - 1029 methods have no initials of the author hasn't subscribed the
>> license conversion agreement so we have to rewrite them
>> (http://comtalk.net/public/pub/KernelImage/20070704/authors.ods)
>
> While rewriting is the simplest solution, it is also labor-intensive.
>
> Most likely non-initialled methods are ancient ones dating from Squeak
> 1.0 or even earlier.  Suppose we did a comparison and realized that
> most of them were from Squeak 1.0.  Would we then be able to identify
> a small number of people who definitely wrote it?
>
> Or, would that doubly mean we have to rewrite the code in question??
> What is the legal status of methods from Squeak 1.0?
>

Relicensed under Apache 2.0.

- Bert -





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