But isn't squeak MIT license now? And OpenQwaq uses squeak. So I don't see why we couldn't in theory port it to Pharo (not that anyone is going to any time soon; I'm told it would be a lot of work).
But anyway. Wouldn't it be really cool to do virtual Pharo code sprints in OpenCobalt or qwaq ? Has anyone tried OC or OQ for pair programming? On 29 January 2013 06:52, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2013, at 7:21 AM, "Peter H. Meadows" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > So? That doesn't mean we can't run it in Pharo, does it? > > > > GPL is very complicated in Smalltalk. As soon as you distribute the image, > the viral part kicks > in. > > It's even a question if this means that the MIT parts then magically have > to be GPL, too > (which they can not). > I think the FSF counts MIT as compatible in the sense that you can > mix code bases without having to make the MIT code GPL, but of course the > more strong > one is the only one that matters when the overall system is distributed > together. > > It is hard to find a reason why anyone would invest into a code base like > that (other than > the company that has the copyright so for them, they can use another > license when distributing). > > Even the FSF uses a less strict license for code that people are supposed > to link to, a Linux > where every program would be forced to be GPL would never have been > successful. > > You can't build a platform like this. > > Marcus > > >
