[Savannah-hackers] Re: About a new project in Savannah : about the squeak license

[Mathieu Roy]

Rudy Gevaert <address@hidden> said:

> Germán S. Arduino wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 11:57, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> >
> >>Germán S. Arduino <address@hidden> said:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello:
> >>>
> >>>I want to post a request for a new project in Savannah.
> >>>
> >>>Is about Biochemical Laboratories, but I like to develop in Squeak
> >>>(http://www.squeak.org)
> >>>
> >>>I want to ask, prior the registration, if it is acceptable a project
> >>>in squeak, because his license is a bit restrictive
> >>
> > (http://www.squeak.org/download/license.html).
> >
> >>>I'm planning to release my product in real GPL terms.
> >>
> >>It seems to be incompatible with the GPL (especially the part about
> >>fonts), but I'm not sure.
> >>
> >>If so, it means that a software that depends on squeak cannot be
> >>hosted on Savannah.
> >>
> >>I Cc: this message to address@hidden that can give you a clear
> >>answer.
> > The fonts are definately not Free Software. The choice of law clause
> > is also
> > incompatible.
> > --
> > -Dave Turner
> > Free Software Licensing Guru
> > This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice, see a lawyer.
> > Thanks You by your response.
> > That means that I can't host a project to develop in Squeak in
> > Savannah?
> > Although my project will be really GPL?
> 
> You are correct.

To explain the reasons behind this, it's the fact that when you make
free software dependant on non-free software, it incitates people to
use non-free software. Our goal is to provide to users software that
can be used on a completely free system.


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Mathieu Roy
 
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