beware GNU Smalltalk if you want to contribute to squeak

Paolo Bonzini bonzini at gnu.org
Wed Jan 9 13:02:45 UTC 2008


>> Those wars are not ours!
> 
> ... until they are imposed on you by some over-zealous lawyer, or SCO,
> or whoever.
> 
> I'm with you, please don't get me wrong. But it's not just one side's
> duty to at least have a clean impression of how licenses shape part of
> the software world.

Agreed.  But taking conclusions from looking at one file rather than, 
for example, reading the FAQ (e.g. http://smalltalk.gnu.org/faq/32 which 
says "The class library is licensed under the GNU LGPL") is a clear sign 
of prejudice.

Paolo



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