24 May 21:05
Re: The original Squeak release is available under APSL2.
Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki <at> squeakland.org>
2006-05-24 19:05:51 GMT
2006-05-24 19:05:51 GMT
> Thanks to long-running efforts by folks at Viewpoints Research > Institute, Apple Computer and elsewhere, Apple has given Viewpoints > permission to make a release of the original public Squeak system using > the Apple Public Source License[1]. > > Squeak 1.1, with an APSL2 license, is available here: > > http://squeakland.org/installers/Squeak1.1-APSL.zip > > The Squeak Foundation board would like to thank the above groups for > making this happen, and everyone else for being so patient! Yay! > And now we live in interesting times. This only applies to the original > release of Squeak (version 1.1 of 23 September 1996); we now have a > choice between APSL2 and the original Squeak License[2] for that > release. We need to decide what to do about subsequent code, and code > written by third parties. We might choose to rewrite some things so as > to create a better licensing situation. We probably want to have a > policy whereby contributors agree to grant a particular license to their > work explicitly before we can accept it. > > How shall we proceed with future releases of Squeak? Let's discuss it. Yes, let's. But, I'm too humble to start one by myself^^; -- Yoshiki
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