On 21-Nov-08, at 8:16 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>>>>>> "Paolo" == Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu.org> writes:
>
> Paolo> And to be clear about this once for all, I completely agree  
> with the
> Paolo> above assessment.  Squeak people do need to be careful, even  
> a bit
> Paolo> paranoid if you want.  But implying that you cannot look at GNU
> Paolo> Smalltalk for fear that you'll glance at its code and be  
> tainted by it,
> Paolo> goes way beyond paranoia.
>
> Get a legal document from the FSF lawyers that confirms that and  
> holds us
> permanently harmless, and I'll shut up.  Until then, Squeak devs are  
> at risk.

Squeak devs are at risk of what? How much risk is there? Are the  
attendant benefits worth the risk?

The mere existence of risk isn't very good argument for or against  
anything - if it were, we would be fools to get out of bed in the  
morning.

Colin