[License]: need expert

Marcus Denker marcus at ira.uka.de
Thu Feb 7 13:41:32 UTC 2002


On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:20:40PM +0100, Stephane Ducasse wrote:
> Can somebody tell me more about that and if nobody contacted these
> organization, is there a real issues why nobody contacted them or this is
> just because it just did not happen?
> 

I'm no expert, but IMHO Squeak IS NOT Open Source:

http://opensource.org/docs/definition.html


| 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
|
|The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.
|
|....
|
|Some countries, including the United States, have export restrictions for
|certain types of software. An OSD-conformant license may warn licensees of
|applicable restrictions and remind them that they are obliged to obey the
|law; however, it may not incorporate such restrictions itself.
|

but http://squeak.org/download/license.html

|6. Export Law Assurances. You may not use or otherwise export or reexport
|the Apple Software except as authorized by United States law and the laws of
|the jurisdiction in which the Apple Software was obtained. In particular,
|but without limitation, the Apple Software may not be exported or reexported
|(i) into (or to a national or resident of) any U.S. embargoed country or
|(ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially
|Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce's Table of Denial
|Orders. By using the Apple Software, you represent and warrant that you are
|not located in, under control of, or a national or resident of any such
|country or on any such list.
|

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