Quoting Andrew C. Greenberg (werdna at mucow.com):

> >Hi Squeakers,
> >
> >Happen to bump into http://www.everybuddy.com which is quite interesting.
> >Only wish it was in Squeak. Having GNU/Linux as their base, they kinda limit
> >the application to linux/unix only, and they have to re-invent wheels as to
> >HTML parsing, multimedia support etc.
> >
> >Just wondering if there will be any problem license-wise if someone want to
> >port GNU licensed software into squeak?
> 
> If you port directly, absolutely.  GPL and Squeak-L are probably incompatible.
> 
> No reason, however, that you couldn't up the anybuddy functionality yourself.

The GPL definitely seems incompatible with the Apple License
used in Squeak. Then again, according to gnu.org, most things seem
imcompatible. If what you're looking to port is under a LGPL or similar
license, which allows it to be incorporated into propreitary software,
then it shouldn't be a big deal.


cheers,
steve

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