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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Colin Putney [<A HREF="mailto:cputney@wiresong.ca">mailto:cputney@wiresong.ca</A>]</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 11:54 AM, Alan Kay wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > In other words, what Disney actually owned, we were careful to leave</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > behind, and Disney owns nothing else. Apple really did own all the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > rights to its early implementation of Smalltalk-80 (as did the other</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > first adopters -- but not the later adopters).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm really confused by this last bit. This is the second time </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> in recent memory that someone has stated that Disney doesn't own </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> any of the their contributions to Squeak. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm, personally speaking, confused by the confusion. %-).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My interpretation of Alan's statement is that all the work done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> IN/WITH Squeak while Squeak Central was at Disney FOR Disney was </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>kept separate from Squeak Central contributions to publicly available</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Squeak so that there isn't any "contamination" of "public" Squeak </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with Disney owned squeak-work.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Or am I misunderstanding this (Always possible... ) ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>And is there any chance that this whole licensing discussion can be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>given it's own subject tag to make it easier to filter it into</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the appropriate place in assorted e-mail client mailboxes/folder/collections </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>for those following or not following this discussion, as the case may be...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>if there isn't one already...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>:-).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-Andy-</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>>>B/R5:10000000 SQUEAK:</FONT>
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