<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/2 Henrik Høyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hh@sppl.dk">hh@sppl.dk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<span lang="EN-US">I don't understand this. What kind of legal problems are people afraid of? </span>It can't be illegal to fix bugs, can it?</p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Two problems:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The layers of Cincom believe that fixing bugs is only possible if you are performing reverse engineering (this may be illegal in some part of the world) </span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The layers of Cincom believe that Cincom is the *<b>only one</b>* who has the rights to support the product.</span></p></div></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Smalltalk V was different from VisualWorks and Squeak in that large parts of the system, including the compiler, did not have source code. VisualAge was like that, too. Thus, they could probably claim that they intended to keep those secret and you are not allowed to look at them. On the other hand, the main class libraries come with source that everybody browses and changes, so I cant believe that they can forbid you from changing them.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On the other hand, they can't be making much money from VSE. Given the threat of bad feelings from the Smalltalk community, they will probably negotiate. It makes sense for you to organize and try to negotiate as a group.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Ralph</div></div>