Hi Randal--

 > > ... http://smalltalk.gnu.org/step ...
 >
 > If STEP is part of GNU Smalltalk, and licensed under GNU licenses...

      No, it isn't. STEP is an acronym for "Smalltalk Enhancement 
Proposal", some infrastructure used by the current Smalltalk Standards 
Project (descended from the first ANSI Smalltalk effort). The URL above 
explains this.

      The Smalltalk Standards Project group includes members from each 
of the Smalltalk implementation communities, commercial and otherwise, 
including Squeak's (e.g., me). If you'd like more information, please 
contact the coordinator, Bruce Badger, via [1].


      thanks,

-C

[1] http://lists.openskills.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ansi-smalltalk

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Craig Latta
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