[squeak-dev] Re: [ANN] Kernel methods license audit
Paolo Bonzini
bonzini at gnu.org
Thu Mar 20 16:29:32 UTC 2008
> - one will look at old and current implementation and will describe
> how must be the original source changed to do the same job as the
> current version. This description should be as general as possible -
> no code. For example "use ZeroDivide instead of general error",
> "LdInstLong was renamed to LoadLong" etc. Some descriptions are
> present in the old version of license audit
> (http://comtalk.eu/public/pub/KernelImage/license/license2.ods)
This is great work. But, how is an accessor copyrightable? In your pdf
I see methods like
sourceForm
^sourceForm
paleBlue
^PaleBlue
e
^E
isFloat
^true
one
"A comment that is probably obsolete by now."
^1.0
These are clearly not possible to write differently; and it would be as
worse to rewrite the same code "stealing" attribution from the original
author, as it is to change the distribution license under the feet of
someone who hasn't assigned copyright papers. It is clearly a stalemate
here unfortunately and it has to be sorted out asap.
> - the second person/team must not see the current code!
In theory they shouldn't even look at the PDF you linked...
Paolo
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