Squeak License

Alan Kay Alan.Kay at squeakland.org
Wed Nov 6 18:08:23 UTC 2002


Believe me, you don't want Squeak to be GPLed (I sure don't). 
Squeak's license is non-polluting and a heck of a lot more free than 
what GPL ties you up in ...

Cheers,

Alan

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At 1:59 PM -0300 11/6/02, German S. Arduino wrote:
>Hello:
>
>I'm trying to post in Savannah a new project
>(Biochemical Laboratories) that will
>be GPL licensed.
>
>But Savannah and FSF doesn't permit to host Squeak
>project because Squeak isn't real free software.
>
>They says: 
>         
>>  > The fonts are definately not Free Software. The
>>  > choice of law clause
>>  > is also incompatible.
>
>My question: Some day Squeak will have a real GPL
>license?
>Or is possible to make
>some modifications to release Squeak as real GNU (GPL)
>software?
>
>Thanks and Best Regards.
>
>
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