[Webteam] Squeak License section in the About page and Licensing change

[Brad Fuller]

Larry Trutter wrote:
>> From: Brad Fuller <brad at bradfuller.com>
>> To: Larry Trutter <stargazerzero at hotmail.com>,  
>> webteam at lists.squeakfoundation.org,  aperez at alexperez.com
>> Subject: Re: [Webteam] Squeak License section in the About page and 
>> Licensing change
>> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:19:19 -0800
>>
>> Larry Trutter wrote:
>>>> From: Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com>
>>>> To: "Larry Trutter" <stargazerzero at hotmail.com>
>>>> CC: karl.ramberg at comhem.se, webteam at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Webteam] 2nd Draft of About section
>>>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:26:53 -0800
>>>> On Feb 13, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Larry Trutter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I agree that it should be taken out.  Do others agree?
>>>>>> I think we should mention something somewhere about the work to  
>>>>>> change the license. But I'm not sure about where.
>>>>>> karl
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. Maybe on the license page?
>>>> This may be an unpopular viewpoint, maybe not, but I'd suggest you  
>>>> place it prominently as a sticky news item *on the front page* 
>>>> until  it's finalized.
>>> rely on the Squeak License page (no change to that page)?
>>
>> Would there be any problem of placing a paragraph about the changing 
>> tide at the top of the license page - explaining the current license 
>> (1 sentence), the new license and the procedure of changing the rest 
>> of squeak's versions?
>>
>> After that, then stating the new license text of squeak version 1? 
>> Follow this new license with the license the covers the rest of 
>> squeak (squeak version 2.X and 3.x)?
>>
>> I don't like the sticky news item - it's like an internal todo - not 
>> great for a professional presentation to squeakers and would be 
>> squeakers.
>>
>
> If the paragraph can be placed as a seperate section at the top of the 
> License page, it could read as follows:

It looks good and I'd put it on the top of the license page. I have just 
a few comments:

>
> "Thanks to long-running efforts by folks at Viewpoints Research 
> Institute, Apple Computer and elsewhere, Apple has given Viewpoints 
> permission to make a release of the original public Squeak system 
> using the *Apple Public Source License 
> >http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/2.0.txt* .

I'd put in the version number to be clear. I THINK it's version 1 and 
1.1, but I'm not certain. You'll have to look it up.

so:

"Apple has given Viewpoints permission to make a release of the original 
public Squeak (version 1.0 and 1.1) system using the ..."


>
> Work is underway to change the license for all the others Squeak 
> releases. In order to do so, all the contributors in the past ten 
> years have to be contacted. The Squeak Foundation Board is compiling a 
> definitive mapping of all the contributor initials in the system to 
> their authors, so we can contact each author for explicit terms. 
> Eventually, they like to get the entirety of Squeak available under a 
> MIT-style license, since that seems to be the best combination of 
> simplicity and familiarity."
>
> (a link pointing to Craig's contributor list web site will be included)
I don't think this should be included, just for privacy sake.

>
> Most of the statement comes from Craig Latta. I emailed him to confirm 
> if the statement is still accurate.

How about putting your updates on the license page on wwwtest.squeak.org?