Licensing Questions

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Mon Feb 19 03:23:54 UTC 2007


Brad Fuller wrote:
> * All Squeak images (except version 1.1) are subject to the Apple
> Computer, Inc. Software License shown at:
> http://www.squeak.org/SqueakLicense/

All Squeak images *including* version 1.1 are available under Squeak-L.

> * Squeak 1.1 has moved to the APSL - the Apple Public Source License
> (http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/2.0.txt)

*In addition* to being available under Squeak-L, Squeak 1.1 has also 
been relicensed by Apple under *both* APSL 2.0 *as well as* Apache 2.0. 
Viewpoints Research negotiated both agreements.

> * The community/SqF Board is gathering authors to be part of a new
> licensing scheme for the current(?) and newer(?) Squeak images. That
> license is the MIT license. I gather that this text is correct for the
> MIT license:
> 
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
> 
> Is this all true? I have some follow on questions after this is confirmed.

With the above corrections, yes.

> Is there a person that is "in charge of" or coordinating the licensing
> issue?

Kim Rose (VPRI) and Craig Latta (SqF) are coordinating this effort.

Cheers,
   - Andreas




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