[Squeakfoundation]Re: Sublicensing seems possible

[Ted Kaehler]

Cees,
	I have no specific information on what Apple thinks, other 
than what I heard while trying to get this license approved 7 years 
ago.
	If you go to Apple asking for a change in the license, it 
opens the whole question of why this license exists.  Apple will 
evaluate whether or not various changes are beneficial to them.
	Apple cannot legally revoke the license, but they can do 
things to "shake the tree", and put doubt into people's minds.

	If you start a company based on the current license, Apple 
has no incentive to do anything.  I would not hesitate to start a 
company based on the current license.  (My statements on the subject 
don't change anything.)

	Don't forget that Squeak is based on a license for Smalltalk 
that Xerox granted to Apple.
	Since you have seen and worked with the Xerox and Apple code 
inside Squeak, you can't generate parallel 'clean room' code 
yourself.  Some stranger would have to do it.

--Ted.

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