Packaging Squeak for Debian GNU/Linux

Andrew C. Greenberg werdna at mucow.com
Wed May 23 11:12:04 UTC 2001


On Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 05:44 PM, Marcus Denker wrote:


> The real Question is: Are we allowed to change the Squeak license after
> we use the new fonts? It would be bad to have a license talking about
> non-free fonts that are not there anymore...

Paper does not refuse ink.  Likewise computers and keypresses.  You can 
use this technique to license Squeak under GPL if you were so inclined.  
The question is whether you would be violating a license in so doing 
this.

The SqueakL from Apple expressly contemplates using different language, 
but requires that no new license be less protective of Apple than 
SqueakL.  There are other limitations as well.  Accordingly, a 
Apple/fontless Squeak could probably be licensed without the Apple 
Fonts.  For the same reason, I doubt you could remove the export 
requirements.





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