[squeak-dev] Fwd: [ofset] Squeak in Debian!

Hilaire Fernandes hilaire at ofset.org
Sun Mar 30 09:53:06 UTC 2008


A friend is asking me which image already relicensed he can use for
some project.
Is Squeak image 1.1 http://ftp.squeak.org/ the most recent he can use?

Hilaire

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From: Georges Khaznadar <georges.khaznadar at free.fr>
Date: 29 mars 2008 21:37
Subject: Re: [ofset] Squeak in Debian!
To: ofset at ofset.org


Hilaire Fernandes a écrit :

> Please Georges, can you articulate what you exactly want to do with
 > Squeak related to "physic simulations and physic measurements" ?


Hello Hilaire,

 I just want to do very basic things:

 We already have three identified methods to achieve physical measurements
 with an environment of free-libre software:

 - using the Comedi library, and the kernel modules coming for
  approximately 200 different acquisition devices. I currently use the
  device USB-DUX with this library
 - using the project Liberlab : it is a lightweight acquisition interface
  based on a cheap microcontroller, with a free-libre firmware, and
  free-libre driver written in python. The setup is not produced by a
  company, but you can easily have a kit and do it yourself
 - using the devices known as Phoenix, developed by Ajith Kumar and C.E.
  Pramode: these are produced by an electronic company in India, and are
  very few expensive. They come with free-libre firmware, and free-libre
  python libraries.

 The projects I saw about Squeak and physics are only simulators : you
 can play with a physic law and program easily an animation based on it.

 I want to add one feature more: giving the students a Squeak interface
 to drive an acquisition device and get real measurements back in their box.
 Then these measurements can eventually be compared with simulated
 results.

 This new feature requires _no sophisticated graphic library_, so it can
 eventually be based on a very early image for Squeak, eventually one
 image containing only contributions of people having already decided to
 relicense their work. The question would be: can such an image be found
 nowadays?

 Best regards,                   Georges.


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