I was originally uneasy with the idea of opening that potential can of
worms, but SCO's vindictive actions against the Linux community have
unfortunately demonstrated that "the spirit of open source" is not shared by
all who enjoy its benefits.  Besides the very desirable possibility of
winning Squeak the Debian Blessing, clearing up the license issue may be
necessary to ensure that the hard work of a lot of volunteers doesn't
suddenly become somebody's commercial property.

Gary Fisher


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lex Spoon" <lex at cc.gatech.edu>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: changing Squeak's license


> Whatever happened with the Squeak re-licensing effort?  Can't we just ask
> them to change to the standard Apple open source license?
>
> I remember some talk a while back, but never heard any followup.
> Did anyone ever contact a legal person from Apple?
>
> It is frustrating that Squeak still can't get into Debian.
>
>
> Lex
>