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Squeak License FAQ
Last updated at 2:51 am UTC on 19 March 2008
- Why are we so interested in changing the license?
- There are several reasons:
- SqueakL is not an open-source approved license
- This prevents us from joining the Software Freedom Conservancy and achieving 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
- This also prevents us from being included in several linux distributions, notably Debian
- People don't like having to know about weird licenses, and SqueakL has some serious weirdness
- Finishing this project will give the board more time to concentrate on more important things
- Why MIT, and not GPL?
- Squeak was always intended to support commercial development, and MIT license is much more commerce-friendly than GPL. Also, GPL is a long, complicated license, and it is not at all clear what it means in squeak, where there is no concept of linking.
- What is being done to change the license?
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- What can I do to help?
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- What's up with the license?
- dunno
- Why should I care?
- foo