License rewrite (was Re: Ideas of gift :))

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu Dec 6 17:21:32 UTC 2007


On Dec 6, 2007, at 18:11 , Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
> Bert Freudenberg a écrit :
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2007, at 17:07 , Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
>>>
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>>> goran at krampe.se a écrit :
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> "Ralph Johnson" <johnson at cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>>> If you want to see Squeak relicensed then perhaps you should  
>>>>> volunteer
>>>>> to work on rewriting the methods from authors who have not  
>>>>> signed an
>>>>> agreement.  First, of course, you should sign an agreement.
>>>>
>>>> I mentioned awhile back that I could take on a little bit of  
>>>> this and
>>>> here is a first small contribution - a rewrite of methods tagged as
>>>> Jerry Achibald (not with us anymore):
>>>>
>>>>     http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6800
>>>>
>>>> Might need a tiny bit of test/reviewing but I hope it is clean.
>>>
>>> According to the FSF feedback -- which a believe to be strick  
>>> regarding
>>> license issue -- short contribution (less than 10 lines) can just be
>>> ignored.
>>
>> The board is currently in contact with the Software Freedom Law  
>> Center
>> for this and other issues around the relicensing.
>
> We are listening to this music since months....
> May be turning to Face B ;-)

It takes time. In particular Craig's. Kudos to him, and we are  
hopeful to report more progress soon.

- Bert -




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