Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of The EasyWay

[Loic Dachary]

        Hi,

        I discovered the Squeak license (as found in Squeak-3.0-src.tar.gz).
I have a lot of troubles understanding what is the actual license. There is
a mixture of GNU GPL, Apple Computer, Inc. Software License, Squeak License.
>From my past experience I'd suspect that the complex licensing mechanism is
at least partly contradictory.

        Do you have background information on this subject ? Do you know the
authors of Squeak ? 

        Please note that being part of the GNU project requires that
the authors agree on a philosophy, that the software obeys technical
rules, cooperates with other GNU packages. It is therefore not possible
to compare / oppose GNU software to the Open Source movement. 

address@hidden writes:
 > 
 > A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
 > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
 > 
 > 
 > Giovanni Giorgi <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
 > License: lgpl
 > Other License: 
 > Package: The EasyWay
 > System name: easyway
 > This package wants to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
 > 
 > The project name is EasyWay.
 > The idea is to develop a simple protocol for an application server written 
 > into SmallTalk language (http://www.smalltalk.org and 
 > http://www.mod.smalltalk.org/).
 > The frontend will be written into apache+mod_perl(http://apache.org),
 > while the server will run using Squeak (http://www.squeak.org)
 > 
 > We will use perl for simple cgi-processing, and the Smalltalk language for 
 > writing the application in a rapid way!
 > 
 > Squeak is Open Source (not GNU)
 > The first step will be porting the Daitanmarks project 
 > (http://daitanmarks.sf.net) because it is very simple
 > 
 > 

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