Questions about the squeak license
Cees De Groot
cdegroot at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 08:23:08 UTC 2006
On 1/12/06, Philippe Marschall <philippe.marschall at gmail.com> wrote:
> > - Can I distribute a Squeak image with my code loaded?
> > yes
> Sorry to sound like a troll, but is that true even if your customer
> lives in Syria, Iran and all the other countries that are under US
> export regulations?
> Are you even allowed to use Squeak in these countries?
>
Sure. The license doesn't say anything about that. It's the "exporter"
that is at risk. Luckily, these days, simply offering something on a
website for download doesn't seem to be regarded as exporting anymore.
That clause is mostly a paper tiger.
(envisioning an Afghan Al Qaeda training camp where they huddle around
a campfire and an iBook trying to find out how they can use EToys to
do Bad Things[tm])
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