[squeak-dev] License info in methods stamp

Matthew Fulmer tapplek at gmail.com
Tue Mar 25 04:56:32 UTC 2008


On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 09:53:45PM -0700, Matthew Fulmer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 06:40:48AM +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> > A small changeset which adds a license info for each method.
> > http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6993
> > Works in same way as user initials.
> > 
> > I think it can be useful for future relicensing efforts.
> > With this simple patch, we will be able to easily find out, what
> > methods need attention.
> > 
> > We can put strict limitation, that in squeak release, from now on,
> > only methods with stamp:
> > <initials> <license> <date> <time>
> > 
> > accepted.
> > And only if <license> field is ==== 'MIT'.
> 
> I think that's a great idea. I should bring this to the
> attention of the board. Currently, the board has issued a
> no-contributions-allowed policy until we can ensure that all
> further contributions are clearly licensed, and stop muddying
> the license issue even further. I think this is a perfect
> answer.

oh wait. You are part of the board. problem solved. :P

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