uNewsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.squeak.general Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Proposal for a Squeak migration meeting References: 20060626023031.GA98162@saturn.stu.edu.tw 449F8919.4080708@ext.cri74.org 330b6fd60606260229q686789adi44c2470c55210aaa@mail.gmail.com 1829a2ba0606260308u161dc6fcxfeaeff122f2a4609@mail.gmail.com 330b6fd60606260314w18bfcc02p3a0e1f253bdbf6b7@mail.gmail.com 449FB473.8020804@ext.cri74.org 330b6fd60606260331u56eabbdoc521de98b1b36652@mail.gmail.com 87bqse1qec.fsf@astra.dnsalias.net 330b6fd60606280044v4423c290k66e6f1d208b2052e@mail.gmail.com 20060628075733.18EC1EF177@mail.krampe.se 20060628110558.GA89700@shell.msen.com --text follows this line-- "David T. Lewis" lewis@mail.msen.com writes:
I think that the last thing anyone here needs yet another opinion from yet another legally-uninformed person, so I won't try to comment on legal matters.
You beat me to it. I would shy away from saying we *should* assume that Disney has rights at all over the public Squeak content. It is a subtle question. Cees accurately points out why they might, but Alan Kay has also pointed out why they should not. This needs a real lawyer.
Additionally, let me reiterate that there are many ways forward regardless of how the question is answered.
However, I would like to say that a great deal of progress can be made by focusing on *doing* the things that we *can* do to resolve the problem. For example, I personally would like to be able to send a letter or an email that clearly establishes that all Squeak code with the initials 'dtl' is hereby relicensed in whatever way the lawyers recommend. This will not solve the whole problem, but it will remove one small obstacle. If we all pitch in and remove as many obstacles as possible, the problem will get smaller, less scary, and ultimately easier to solve.
Agreed. This part is very doable, and is worth focussing on.
-Lex
PS -- Goran, I read your message. I simply responded to it and several other posts simultaneously.
PPS -- Anyone interested in realistic open-source legal issues might want to read about the careful and deliberative way Wikipedia used to relicense their content to GFDL. ;)