Thanks Edward,<br><br>I see that you have cced Yoshiki and Robin. If they don't catch this thread, I follow up with them.<br><br>thanks<br>david<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Edward Cherlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:35 PM, David Farning <<a href="mailto:dfarning@sugarlabs.org">dfarning@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:18 PM, David Van Assche <<a href="mailto:dvanassche@gmail.com">dvanassche@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>><br>
>> The problem here is that edubuntu and its packages are in Ubuntu Main,<br>
>> and for sugar to be in there, there must be no non-free software in<br>
>> it, and squeak is not totally free. Apple fonts not being modifiable,<br>
>> iirc. Its pretty much the same policy as debian. Scratch was recently<br>
>> rejected from MOTU for the similar reasons.<br>
>><br>
</div>>> David Van Assche<br>
><br>
> Is the issue where squeak was originally licensed under a non-free Apple<br>
> license[1] and the squeak foundations can't locate all of the original<br>
> contributors[2] to convert it to an mit license?<br>
><br>
> 1. <a href="http://www.squeak.org/SqueakLicense/" target="_blank">http://www.squeak.org/SqueakLicense/</a><br>
> 2. <a href="http://netjam.org/squeak/contributors/missingSignatories" target="_blank">http://netjam.org/squeak/contributors/missingSignatories</a><br>
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> david<br>
<br>
That was the problem. My understanding is that it has very nearly been<br>
dealt with. Yoshiki and Robin will know much more than I.<br>
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As mentioned in the leadership discussion minutes from Craig, the<br>
plan now is as follows:<br>
<br>
- Make Squeak version 4.0. This is based on the 3.11 effort but<br>
get rid of or rewrite code that are not relicensed and make a<br>
fully relicensed version relatively conservatively. Etoys 4.0 is<br>
now fully relicensed, and we can bring the removal and rewrite<br>
changesets from that stream.<br>
<br>
- Craig continue to work on the Spoon based system. It is dubbed<br>
Squeak 5.0. (My personal opinion is that because it is fairly<br>
different, it could have a different name, but...)<br>
<br>
BTW, during the Etoys' relicensing effort, I made a little web app<br>
that lets you view *all history* from Squeak V1 to the latest version:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://tinlizzie.org:8080/seaside/examples/authorship2" target="_blank">http://tinlizzie.org:8080/seaside/examples/authorship2</a><br>
<br>
I can make a similar page for 3.10 or such, and also give a tool to<br>
check the unlicened code in a particular code base.<br>
<br>
Ken and Mathew, how does it sound?<br>
<br>
-- Yoshiki<br>
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Robin Norwood<br>
to fedora-olpc-li.<br>
<br>
Aug 11<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
For the few of you who aren't on the extensive Cc list, we've had a<br>
discussion about the Squeak license with Fedora legal (Tom Callaway)<br>
and VPRI (Kim Rose and others).<br>
<br>
To summarize:<br>
<br>
o As of this moment, there is probably still some code in Squeak that<br>
has not been properly moved to the MIT license. (Mostly because the<br>
original contributors can't be found).<br>
<br>
o Fedora can't accept code that is in this state.<br>
<br>
o Kim Rose says:<br>
<br>
"""<br>
My colleagues, Yoshiki Ohshima and Bert Freudenbeg (along with a few<br>
others) have been reviewing all code and our signed Relicensing<br>
Agreements for the past week or so. I believe they are stripping out<br>
any code that still remains in the image for which we do not have<br>
signed agreements to cover. I will meet with them upon my return<br>
from vacation week of August 18th to see exactly where we stand.<br>
"""<br>
<br>
So, it looks very hopeful that squeak will soon be entirely safe to<br>
include in Fedora, and we'll know more after the 18th.<br>
<br>
-RN<br>
<br>
--<br>
Robin Norwood<br>
Red Hat, Inc.<br>
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